In St. Petersburg, a citizen of Belarus was again detained at the exit from a special detention center

In St. Petersburg, a citizen of Belarus Zhanna Galeeva was detained at the exit from the special detention center, who was released after five days of arrest because of her participation in the video. This was reported by the lawyer of the Apology of Protest Olga Tseytlina.

Galeeva was supposed to be released today from the detention center, but two and a half hours before that, the girl was taken to the police department. There, a protocol was drawn up against her under the article on violation of the rally legislation (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) in connection with the February 27 rally. The protocol says that on the evening of February 27, on Ligovsky Prospekt, Galeeva “held a public event in the form of a picket, the purpose of which was to draw the attention of others to the socio-political problem “Against the cooperation of the Norwegian company Yara with Belaruskali”.

The protocol also says that nine more people participated in the action along with Galeeva. Galeeva is left at the police station overnight until tomorrow's trial.

• On March 25, the Vasileostrovskiy Court of St. Petersburg placed administrative arrests on several citizens of Belarus, including Zhanna Galeeva. Young people were found guilty under articles on organizing and participating in an uncoordinated action. They recorded a video message to compatriots in support of the protesters in Belarus and Alexei Navalny.
• In Belarus, after the presidential elections on August 9, 2020, mass protests began: the protesters believe that the election results were rigged in favor of the incumbent head of state Alexander Lukashenko. The actions caused a resonance in Russia as well. The white-red-white flag is used as one of the protest symbols.