At the Federation Council, participants of the picket against the statement of Narusova and an NOD activist were detained

In Moscow, Yabloko City Duma deputy Sergei Mitrokhin, Moscow Hostel movement activist Alexander Zimbovsky, Novaya Alternativenaya correspondent Yelena Sidorenkova, and an unnamed member of the pro-Putin National Liberation Movement were detained near the Federation Council. The detainees reported this to the OVD-Info hotline.

All four were taken to the Tverskoy police station, according to Zimbovsky, he was "told on foot." The activist himself stood in a picket on housing policy with a poster "Senators, you yourself are making us homeless." Mitrokhin was nearby, and Sidorenkova filmed the detention. According to the detainees, the NOD activist is constantly holding a picket "for the fatherland" near the Council building.

A lawyer from OVD-Info Sergey Telnov went to the detainees.

20:00 Elena Sidorenkova reported that a report of disobedience to a police officer was drawn up against her (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Sergey Mitrokhin and Alexander Zimbovsky remain in the department.

20:40 Elena Sidorenkova was released with a protocol under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Sergei Mitrokhin was charged with an article on repeated violation of the rally legislation (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), Alexander Zimbovsky was charged with an article on violation of the rules for participating in a rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Title changed after clarification of circumstances of detention: NOD activist did not participate in the picket

• On March 3, Lyudmila Narusova, a senator from the Republic of Tyva, at a meeting of the Federation Council, proposed to ban single pickets from him, as she was "unpleasant" when "homeless-looking people" were standing on the porch of the building, MBKh Media . reported