Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of Open Russia, was detained in Moscow

Andrey Pivovarov, executive director of Open Russia, was detained on the street. This was announced by the coordinator of "Postcards" Tatyana Usmanova.

A protocol is drawn up against Pivovarov under Article 20.2 (violation of the rules for holding an action) and, according to preliminary data, he will be left in the police department for the night before the trial.

“He was detained by four people in the Petrovka area. Now he is in the police department, ” Usmanova told MBKh Media.

19:30 Pivovarov is at the Tverskoy police station. He is not told what part of Article 20.2 he is charged with, nor is he told on what episode, clarified . Usmanova

21:20 Pivovarov is left for the night before the court session, which will take place tomorrow after 10 o'clock in the Tverskoy court, Usmanova reports.

He was charged with an article on organizing an event that caused interference with infrastructure and transport (part 3 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The reason for initiating an administrative case was the collection of signatures against amendments to the Constitution on July 15 on Pushkinskaya Square.

• On July 15, 2020, actions were planned in a number of cities against the amendments to the Constitution, which entered into force on July 4, giving new powers to the president and allowing Vladimir Putin to again apply for this post in 2024. The local authorities refused to approve the actions. In Moscow, the action first took place in the format of collecting signatures, after which the procession began. According to OVD-Info, at 00:00, a total of 147 people were detained. OVD-Info published lists of detainees.
• On August 8, on the eve of the presidential elections in Belarus, Andrei Pivovarov and two other members of Open Russia were detained by Russian border guards on the border with the republic. He was removed from the bus under the pretext that the available documents were not enough for travel. Then they imputed disobedience to the lawful demand of a serviceman of the border troops (Article 18.7 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), held him for 48 hours and released him with a fine of 1,000 rubles.