A court in St. Petersburg arrested the leader of the “Change” movement, Valery Solovy.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested a political scientist and leader of the public movement "Changes", who was detained after a provocation at a meeting of the movement on Saturday, December 5. This is reported by the telegram channel PYATNITSA.

The court found Nightingale guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and appointed 10 days of arrest.

On December 5, activists of the "Change" movement held a meeting near the Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg. Unidentified people disrupted the meeting by throwing a smoke bomb at the participants and scattering leaflets. Valery Soloviev was detained . Zakhar Prilepin's party "For Truth" reported about the desire to commit a provocation.

• In September, Valery Solovy was detained in Moscow after the “Day of #Changes” rally. Nightingale was the organizer of the action, indicated on the Facebook page of the event. “Change Day is an all-Russian civic action to form civic solidarity and develop readiness for joint action. Before you start doing something, you need to overcome the fear of action and get to know each other, ”the description of the event says. The court then imposed a fine of 20,000 rubles on the political scientist.
• According to MBKh Media, at the end of October, political scientist Valery Solovey announced the organization of the Change movement, modeled on the Nekhta media, which covers and coordinates the protests after the presidential elections in Belarus.