A picketer dressed as Father Frost and his two “helpers” were detained on Red Square

In Moscow, on Red Square, a participant in a solo picket dressed as Santa Claus was detained. This was reported by the telegram channel "Apology of Protest".

An unknown man came to the square with a poster “I/We are the New Year. Santa Claus is against the closing of Christmas trees.

20:35 Together with the picketer, were detained - Father Frost's "helpers" in elf costumes. two more people

21:30 All the detainees were released from the Kitai-Gorod police department: the picket participant with a protocol under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the “assistants” - without protocols.

News title changed due to specification of the number of detainees

• Participants in various actions are regularly detained on Red Square: eco-activists who wanted to record a video message, participants in single-person pickets with posters against the constitutional reform or in support of protesters in Belarus , and simply pickets with a smiley face or a blank sheet of paper . According to the federal law on rallies, the procedure for holding public events on Red Square is determined personally by the President of the Russian Federation.
• Moscow authorities in November announced the cancellation of Christmas trees in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.