In St. Petersburg, a picketer with a poster against political repression was detained

In St. Petersburg, Nikita Chirkov was detained by the Branch of the Embassy of Belarus - before that he stood with the poster “Running with obstacles: repression, falsification, propaganda”. This was announced by Anton Novoselov, chairman of the local "youth apple".

Chirkov was detained after he spent a single picket. The young man is brought to the police department No. 76. According to Novoselov, the picketer is charged with a “coronavirus article” about violation of sanitary standards (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).

19:18 Igor Skachko, a lawyer from the OVD-Info, went to the rescue of the Pikketer.

21:24 Nikita Chirkov was released from the police after drawing up a protocol on violation of sanitary standards.