In Moscow, Pussy Riot member Rita Flores was detained at the exit from the detention center, where she was serving an administrative arrest of 15 days. This was reported to OVD-Info by Dmitry Zakhvatov.
Flores is being taken to the Tverskoy police station.
Prior to this, the activist was arrested on July 22 under the article on disobedience to the demands of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On July 21, police detained Flores near her home. The reason, as Zakhvatov said, was the orientation, which the member of Pussy Riot allegedly fits.
- On June 22, for various reasons, police detained Pussy Riot members Alexander Sofeev, Lusya Stein, Maria Alekhina, Anna Kuzminykh, and Olga Shalina, one of the leaders of the Other Russia party, E. V. Limonov. Later, they were found guilty on administrative charges of petty hooliganism or failure to comply with the requirements of police officers and sent to a special detention center for several days. After being released from arrest, Pussy Riot members began to be detained again.
- Due to repeated arrests, Pussy Riot members Veronika Nikulshina and Alexander Sofeev , as well as artist Roman Durov, have left Russia.