Participants in pickets against the law on the family code were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg

As of 15:35, a total of at least 33 people were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In Moscow, near the State Duma, about 15 people were detained who were planning to participate in single pickets against Mizulina’s bill. Anna Shchetnikova reported this to OVD-Info.

According to her, only one girl managed to unfurl the poster, but the police immediately detained all the activists who stood nearby. All detainees are going to be added to the Tverskoy district police station.

about the arrests in St. Petersburg The telegram channel “PIATNITSA” reports - there are already at least eight detainees in the Northern capital.

14:46 to According Pyatnitsa, those detained in St. Petersburg will be taken to the 28th police department.

Avtozak Live also writes that police in Moscow detained an MBKh Media correspondent, but were soon released.

14:50 In Moscow, according to OVD-Info, at least 23 people have already been detained. They are in two paddy wagons, one of which arrived at the Tverskoy district police station.

15:07 A paddy wagon with eight detainees arrived at the police department in the Basmanny District, the detainees report. At the Tverskoy police station, protocols began to be drawn up against activists under the article on violation of the rules for holding a mass event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

15:30 Those detained in Moscow were taken to two police departments.

15 people were brought to the Tverskoy district police department, among them: Robert Lebedev, Mikhail Mironov, Alan Leongard, Mila Zemtsova, Eva Nadya, Olga Tarakanova, Elizaveta Irma, Evgeny Gurenko-Taganov, Ronya Rebane, Murat Mukashev, Anna Shchetnikova, Maria Fedotova , as well as two girls named Polina and Inari.

There are 8 people in the Basmanny District police department, including Dmitry Moiseev and Alexandra Listopad. With them are two minors and three people who asked that their names not be used.

Lawyers from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov and Anastasia Samorukova went to the Basmanny police station.

In total, according to the latest data, 33 people were detained in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

16:10 Detainees from the Tverskoy police station report that one of the activists was hit on the neck. Another detainee said that police officers, including the chief of police, asked her mocking questions about primary sexual characteristics and claimed that she “considered herself to be second class.”

OVD-Info lawyer Anastasia Samorukova from the Basmanny police department also reports that reports were drawn up against minors under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code. The police are waiting for the parents to arrive.

16:20. Mansur Gilmanov, a lawyer from the Apology of Protest, is not allowed into the Tverskoy police department.

One of the detainees reports being beaten by security forces at the Tverskoy police station. Earlier it was reported that police at this police station hit one activist in the neck and asked mocking questions to another.

17:30 . In St. Petersburg, 11 people were detained at the protest, among them:
Vitalia Prosvetova, Anna Prosvetova, Polina Virs, Natalia Yaskevich, Evgeniy Pavlovsky, Venya Werter, Marina Shamova, Daria Geroeva, Misha Virs, Naina Kulakova.

In Moscow, the Tverskoy police station still does not allow a lawyer to see detainees; police officers do not accept activists’ requests for access to a defense lawyer. They are trying to forcibly take one of the detainees without a lawyer to a separate room.

17:45 Another activist was detained near Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg with a poster “No to homophobic laws!” His name is still unknown. Thus, in St. Petersburg, 12 people have already been detained at a rally against Mizulina’s bill.

18:25 All adult detainees from the Basmanny police station are released with reports under the article on violation of the rules of participation in a public event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). In addition to two minors, Dmitry Moiseev, Alexandra Listopad, Alexey Avanesyan, Olga Gordienko and three other people were taken to the police department, asking not to be mentioned.

20:50 At the Tverskoy police station, a protocol is drawn up against Mila Zemtsova under the article on organizing a public event (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) for allegedly organizing a series of rotating single pickets at the State Duma against amendments from senators to the Family Code, which prohibits transgender people from joining marriage and starting a family, reports Apology of Protest. Lawyer Mansur Gilmanov reports that Zemtsova was left overnight at the police station, although she did not have a poster and came to the State Duma as a journalist to cover the action.

21:15 All detainees have left the Basmanny police station, reports lawyer from OVD-Info Anastasia Samorukova. The parents came for the last minor remaining in the department.

21:25 All detainees left the Tverskoy police station, except for Mila Zemtsova (part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences—organization of an uncoordinated action) and Polina (part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses—repeated violation of the rules of the action). Today, 15 participants of the action near the State Duma were brought to this department.

July 19 00:24 Mila Zemtsova and Polina are left overnight until the trial at the police department, writes Avtozak LIVE and reports to the legal bot OVD-Info.