Three anarchists were detained in St. Petersburg

Three anarchists were detained in St. Petersburg. This was reported to the OVD-Info hotline by their friend.

Kirill Kovalenko, Artem Mikhin and their underage comrade are in the 28th police department. They managed to inform a friend that employees of the Center for Combating Extremism had arrived at the department and that their phones were being taken away. The reasons for the detention are unknown.

02:15 The minor was taken from the department by his parents. At the moment, there is still no exact information about the reasons for the detention. Friends of the detainees report that Kovalenko and Mikhin were beaten, but it is not known whether the detention was related to their political views or activities.

19:29 Municipal deputy Vitaly Bovar told the OVD-Info hotline that these detainees were not in the police department where Kirill Kovalenko and Artem Mikhin were supposed to be. Bovar stressed that the police do not say that the anarchists have been released, but that they are “simply not there” in the department.

23:50 One of the anarchists detained last night in St. Petersburg, Artem Mikhin, is in the 58th police department of the Vyborg district. An acquaintance of the anarchists said that, according to a minor who was also detained and then released, Artyom Mikhin and Kirill Kovalenko were beaten by the police: Kovalenko was beaten with his head against the wall, and Mikhin's face was bruised.

Kirill Kovalenko still does not get in touch, after disappearing from the 28th police department, they still cannot find him.

May 6 Artem Mikhin and Kirill Kovalenko are kept until tomorrow at the 58th police station. According to the latest information, the detention was not related to politically motivated persecution. OVD-Info lawyer Mark Alekseev reports that the detainees were beaten by the metro staff. Earlier, according to a minor detainee, it was reported that the beatings were inflicted by police officers.

On May 7, Artem Mikhin and Kirill Kovalenko were released from the 58th police station, an acquaintance of the anarchists informed OVD-Info about this.

The last name of one of the detainees has been removed from the text of the news, since it turned out that he is a minor. Fixed surname of Kirill Kovalenko