In Moscow, the police detained four picketers

In Moscow on Pushkinskaya Square, the police detained four picketers. They advocated the freedom of political prisoners, in support of the Rain TV channel and the Smart Voting project. The detention of the ATS-Info was announced by activist Yevgeny Fartuk.

The names of the detainees are still unknown.

17:41 Picketers Zhamin Agibaev, Anton Keshevetsky, Vadim Krytin, Vyacheslav Kamenev are located in the police department in the Tver district, they are protected by a lawyer from the OVD-Info Alexander Salamov.

20:03 All picketers were released from the police department. They made protocols under an article on violation of the rules of the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This was reported by the legal assistance coordinator of the OTD-Info Oksana Kondratyeva.

• Since spring , the “foreign agents” regularly introduce independent media and journalists of these publications. So, this year the status of “Inoage” received “Medusa”, “The First Anti -Corruption Media” , “VTIMES” , The Insider , “Rain” and the “Fourth Sector” project. Individuals in this register are already more than 20.
• The Russian authorities announced the holding of almost nine thousand electoral companies at various levels on a single voting day on September 19, 2021. On this day, elections of deputies of the State Duma, governors of subjects, deputies of legislative assemblies and city parliaments will be held.
• Before the elections, the pressure on the supporters of Navalny intensified: the Moscow City Court recognized the Fund for the fight against corruption (FBK), the Fund for Protection of the Rights of Citizens (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny with extremist organizations on June 9, 2021. In July, Roskomnadzor blocked almost 50 sites related to Alexei Navalny. In September, Roskomnadzor blocked the Smart Voting website. *