At the Golovinsky Court in Moscow, police detain people who came to support Azat Miftakhov

Near the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow, police officers detain people who came to support Azat Miftakhov. Today he has the last word in the process about the broken window in the United Russia office. This was reported to the hotline by one of the detainees.

One of the detainees, Elena Sannikova, said that about 15 people were detained, who came to court to support Miftakhov. She herself was also detained - she photographed what was happening near the court.

was also detained Sota journalist Ruslan Terekhov . He and 19 other people are being taken to the Koptevo police station, the newspaper reports.

Among the detainees at the Koptevo OVD: Elena Sannikova, Alexander Matskevich and Ruslan Terekhov (journalist).

A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov and Alexander Aldaev from the "Apology of Protest" are going to the detainees.

18:30 At the Koptevo police station, phones were taken from all the detainees. Sergey Telnov, a lawyer from OVD-Info, came to the department. He said that an employee of the Center “E” tells the policemen who to draw up a protocol on disobedience to the lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), and who under the “rally” article (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

18:45 At the Koptevo police station, lawyer Sergei Telnov was allowed to see only one detainee. Telnov suggests that other detainees may be illegally photographed and fingerprinted.

20:05 Detainees with protocols under the article on participation in an uncoordinated rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) began to be released from the Koptevo police department.

22:43 All the detainees were released from the police department. The detainees were charged with violating the rules for holding a public event (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), two activists were also charged with disobeying the demands of the police (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov worked in the department.

• On December 25, in the Golovinsky court, the defendants in the case of a broken window in the United Russia office, Azat Miftakhov, Elena Gorban, Andrey Eikin, gave their last word. Two days ago, the prosecutor requested under the article on hooliganism (Article 213 of the Criminal Code) Eikin and Gorban for 2 and 4 years of probation, and Miftakhov for 6 years in a penal colony. near the courthouse were detained Before the start of the hearing on December 23 , three participants in the rally in support of the defendants in the case . They stood with posters "Freedom to Russian anarchists" and "Freedom to Azat Miftakhov."
• According to investigators, on January 30, 2018, Miftakhov, Eikin, Gorban and Alexei Kobaidze broke a window in the United Russia office and threw a smoke bomb into it. Evidence of Miftakhov's involvement in the incident with the window was the testimony of a secret witness who claimed to have recognized the anarchist by his "expressive eyebrows."