Novokuznetsk police detained a picketer with a poster “Putin, free Navalny!”

In Novokuznetsk, police detained local activist Igor Gorlanov, who was standing with a banner "Putin, free Navalny!" The picketer himself told OVD-Info about this.

The detainee is taken to the Central Police Department.

Gorlanov broadcast the action on his YouTube channel and captured the moment of communication with the police. The broadcast shows how the employee approached the activist and pointed out the ban on mass events in the Kemerovo region due to the coronavirus.

The police officer then stated that Gorlanov's actions "were seen as an offense under Article 20.2 [of the Code of Administrative Offenses]". After that, the picketer was put into a service car.

The activist regularly goes out with pickets - and he is regularly detained . against Gorlanov In most cases, an administrative protocol is drawn up on the violation by the organizer of the action of the procedure for holding it (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

12:21 Again, a protocol was drawn up against Gorlanov on the violation by the organizer of the action of the procedure for holding it (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and released from the police.

• A graduate of the orphanage, Igor Gorlanov, spent a long time holding solo pickets in front of the Novokuznetsk City Hall. Thanks to the shares, he managed to achieve the apartment he was entitled to by law. In December 2019, Gorlanov was placed in a psychiatric hospital after he announced an indefinite picket to get a personal meeting with Putin.