Seven participants in a play about Soviet repressions were detained in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, seven members of the Forum Theater troupe were detained during a rehearsal of a play about Soviet repressions. This was reported to OVD-Info by the husband of one of the detainees, Bulat Gilmanov.

“Today at 19:00 there was supposed to be a performance, somewhere at 17:30 everyone who participated in the production was detained. Six people were taken to police station No. 2, where another person was taken, unknown. The officers did not say the reason for the detention, they mentioned that they had received a complaint from Timur Bulatov. With all the detainees in OP No. 2, they tried to conduct conversations on an individual basis, ”says Gilmanov. According to him, the diaries of the repressed were supposed to be read at the thwarted performance.

Timur Bulatov is a well-known homophobic activist who regularly writes statements against the opposition. After his statement, a case was initiated against an artist from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Yulia Tsvetkova, who is accused of distributing pornography because of the publication of drawings and pictures in the public “Vagina Monologues” on VKontakte.

21:21 Employees of the Center "E" are questioning the detainees for involvement in the German-Russian Exchange NGO, which was recognized as undesirable at the end of May. reports SOTA .

"German-Russian Exchange" is engaged in the development of international exchanges and volunteering, supporting civil initiatives and organizations. On its basis, the "German-Russian Exchange in St. Petersburg" was founded, which conducted exchanges for students from Russia and European countries.

22:28 All the detainees were released after a preventive conversation with the employees of the Center "E" without drawing up a protocol.

• On May 26, 2021, the Prosecutor General’s Office declared the Deutsch-Russischer Austausch eV (“German-Russian Exchange”) registered in Germany as an undesirable organization. The project was engaged in the development of international exchanges and volunteering, supporting civil initiatives and organizations. On its basis, the "German-Russian Exchange in St. Petersburg" was founded, which conducted exchanges for students from Russia and European countries. In Russia, they organized events with the Human Rights Center "Memorial", which is included in the list of "foreign agents".