In Moscow, protesters against the law on educational activities were detained near the Moscow State University building

In Moscow, near the building of Moscow State University, where an action in defense of educational activities is taking place, arrests began. The detainees themselves reported this to OVD-Info.

One of the detainees told OVD-Info that there were 17 people in the paddy wagon, three of them were provocateurs - they were shouting into the phone and preventing people from speaking.

In total, about 26 people were detained, eyewitnesses and the detainees themselves report. One paddy wagon, in which 17 detainees were put, was taken to the police department in the Ramenki district. A second paddy wagon with about nine detainees drove up to the police department at Moscow State University. Among those detained were Anna Krechetova, Maria Shchekochikhina and Moscow City Duma deputy Pavel Tarasov, who have already been released.

16:20 There are currently six detained protesters at the police department at Moscow State University, including two provocateurs. Lawyers from OVD-Info Alexander Salamov and Yulia Kuznetsova arrived there.

17:46 Among the detainees is the head of the protest department of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Pavel Ivanov. According to him, the police say that tomorrow there will be hearings on the detainees in the Nikulinsky court. What exactly they are charged with is still unknown.

The last detainees from the police department at Moscow State University were released, reports Pavel Ivanov. They drew up protocols on participation in an uncoordinated action (Part 5, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). Nothing is still known about the detainees taken to the police station in the Ramenki district. They did not contact OVD-Info. According to unconfirmed information, most of them were provocateurs.

21:50 - The State Duma and the Federation Council at the end of March have a new bill on “educational activities.” According to the document, which the Ministry of Education posted for public discussion, the amendments do not allow holding lectures, master classes, discussions and other forms of educational activities without concluding an official agreement on the provision of services with specific organizations. adopted the draft law