In Novokuibyshevsk, participants in the rally for Putin’s birthday were detained. They were released without a protocol

On October 7, police officers detained four opposition activists because of a rally in the central square of Novokuibyshevsk (Samara Region). The action was dedicated to the birthday of President Putin. This is reported by Idel.Realii.

One of the activists was wearing a mask with the face of Putin, the other was holding a poster with the phrase of the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin “Oil and gas are not our advantage. Our advantage is Putin.”

Three hours after the start of the rally, its participants were detained and taken to the police station. Among them was Mikhail Abdalkin, head of the regional branch of the Labor Association trade union. They learned personal data from the detainees, then took explanations, including about the lack of social distance between them. After that, the activists were released without drawing up protocols.

• On October 7, activists in different cities held rallies on the occasion of President Putin's birthday. In Moscow, during the action was detained members of Pussy Riot hung rainbow flags on the walls of departments, a journalist , and then two more people were detained. The journalist was also detained after the action of the Left Bloc, his equipment was confiscated. In Kurgan , the police came to Navalny's headquarters after his employees held one-man pickets. In St. Petersburg, after the action at the Gostiny Dvor, six people were detained .