The security forces warned the Russians about the illegality of protests planned on April 21, declaring them a "threat of public security"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation called on the Russians to refrain from participating in damaged actions announced by Navalny’s headquarters on April 21, and especially warned the Russians against participating in these events of their minor relatives. In addition, the ministry recalled the risk of coronavirus infection: "The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs calls on citizens to refrain from participating in inconsistent shares ... In conditions of mass accumulation of people, the risk of infection with coronavirus infection increases."

As indicated on the website of the department , "units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and other law enforcement agencies will not allow destabilization of the situation and take all the necessary measures to maintain law enforcement in the regions of the country. Any aggressive actions of participants in inconsistent public events and, moreover, attempts to provoke clashes with law enforcement officers will be regarded as a threat to public security and immediately immediately The offenders will be detained and brought to liability provided for by law. "

The Russian Academy of Sciences of Russia in Moscow also warned that the holding of inconsistent protests is illegal, and asked citizens to refrain from participating in them. They noted that the police will take all the necessary measures to ensure the protection of public order, and the violators will be held accountable in accordance with the law.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation also warned of responsibility for participating in illegal mass shares.

- In the regions, the detention of employees of the headquarters of Navalny and searches on the eve of the protest stakes are already underway

"In connection with the distribution of calls to an indefinite circle of persons to take part in inconspicuous protest mass shares, as well as the emergence of extremist calls from organizations, in respect of which the Moscow prosecutor’s office filed a lawsuit to recognize them with extremist (FBK*, FZPG*, the" headquarters of Navalny "), the General Prosecutor's Office considers it necessary to prevent physical and legal legal Persons about the inadmissibility of violation of the law, ”the release says. The prosecutor’s office noted that calls to participate in unauthorized mass shares form an administrative offense under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and threaten administrative arrest.

And the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that law enforcement officers would take measures in case of illegal shares, and announced that "calls for provocations are from abroad." "If there are some kind of actions that are unresolved, they will automatically be illegal, and those actions that must be carried out according to the laws of the Russian Federation will be carried out by law enforcement officers," the representative of the President of the Russian Federation said.

In turn, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova, speaking about inconsistent shares, expressed the hope that citizens understand the validity of measures to counteract the pandemic and will not violate the law.