A court in St. Petersburg arrested Viasna activists for up to seven days for a torchlight procession in defense of Twitter

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court ordered the arrest of Viasna activists Bogdan Litvin, Nikita Levkin, Georgy Smirnov and Alexandra Kodiy. They held a torchlight procession in defense of Twitter. about this Writes "Apology of Protest".

Levkin, Litvin and Smirnov were sentenced to 7 days of arrest, Kodiy - 5 days. The two days served in the police department were counted as part of the sentence. The court found them guilty of organizing an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

On March 30, activists marched with torches and flags to protest Roskomnadzor's plans to block Twitter in Russia. They were detained and taken to OP No. 52, where they spent two days.

April 6 16:48. The St. Petersburg City Court considered appeals against all detainees and upheld the decisions. This is reported by the telegram channel of the Petersburg "Spring".

• On March 10, Roskomnadzor “took primary response measures” with regard to Twitter: the agency claims that the social network does not remove illegal content. Since 2017, Roskomnadzor has allegedly filed 28,000 requests to remove publications deemed by officials to violate the law.
• However, according to the department, about three thousand publications remain undeleted. In this regard, the RKN tried to slow down the social network, but this caused problems with access to various sites, including government resources and the site of Roskomnadzor itself. After that, the department threatened to block Twitter in a month in case of refusal to remove illegal content.
• "Spring" is a youth movement from Petersburg, uniting followers all over the country. As representatives of the organization write on the official website, the goal of Viasna is “to change the corrupt regime in Russia, to build a system based on democracy and human rights.”