Polisian against civilians. Detention at anti -war rallies

Hundreds of Russians again took to the streets of their cities in protest against the "special operation", which Russian troops have been spent on the territory of Ukraine for the third week. The police tightly detained not only protesters, but also ordinary passers -by and journalists. Correspondents of the North. Realia tell how new anti -war performances have passed in Russia.

The shares against the military operations of Russia in Ukraine began in Russian cities in the evening of February 24 - that day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of the so -called "special operation". In Moscow and St. Petersburg, local residents went out for protests for several days in a row, throughout Russia thousands of detainees, whom the courts were either fined or arrested. The next All -Russian protest against Putin’s decision was held on Sunday, March 13.

In St. Petersburg, the protest decreased repeatedly: if in the first days of the shares hundreds and sometimes thousands of inhabitants gathered in the city center, then today the square in front of the living room was almost empty: no incessant crowds of protesters, posters with the colors of the national flag of Ukraine. Together with the activists, random passers -by, eyewitnesses who shot the detention, and journalists fell into the autozaki. Neither bright green vests with the inscription of the press, nor press cards saved the latter: for Sunday, 13 correspondents of various city publications were in police sites, including from Kommersant, Zaks.ru and other media. Journalists, under the pretext of checking the documents, were taken to the police department 50 kilometers from the Gostiny Dvor, where the police demanded that everyone write an explanatory.

OMONS and police officers were in helmets, on which, along with the coat of arms of St. Petersburg, the Latin letter "z" appeared - a similar designation, judging by numerous photographs in social networks, uses the Ministry of Defense for Russian equipment, which is involved in the hostilities in Ukraine. According to the correspondent of the North. Realia, more than 140 police and riot police and riot police were detained by more than 140 people. After stripping the Gostiny Dvor, the police could be met on Nevsky Prospekt. On the Kazan bridge, the police stopped a group of people, among whom two had blue-yellow hats on their heads. Young people were detained.

A resident of St. Petersburg Dmitry H. was detained in a criminal case of anti -war inscriptions on the memorial "Mathetic grave of the soldiers of the Soviet Army who died in the defense of Leningrad in 1941-1943."

On the monument it was written "No War" and "Putin - Nazi." A search was held in the suspect’s apartment. This was reported by the OVD-Info with reference to the human rights activist Dinar Idrisov.

The case was opened under the article on the abuse of the burial places of the deceased based on political hatred or enmity. According to the OVD-Info, Dmitry is an engineer, the father of two young children, at the moment his wife is expecting a third child.

In Petrozavodsk, police detained about ten participants in the anti -war action. To one of the detainees, force was applied in Avtosak.

In Arkhangelsk, the central square was occupied by police officers. According to the estimates of the North. Reali, more than 50 police officers came to the city center. As a result, they detained only two people who at that time were in the square.

In Irkutsk, the protest took place without posters and slogans. About 20 people gathered in Kirov’s square. One of those present stood with the poster of "US - Evil Empire." His police did not touch, but when the man dropped the poster to the ground, the brawl began. As a result, the police detained two people. Journalist Andrei Kalinkin removed the detention, and later he himself ended up in a car carrier.

- My words that I, of course, were ignored, they did not show me any certificates. We were taken to the police department No. 5. One girl was detained during a single picket with a poster "People need peace" at the Panel "International", on Karl Marx Street. There were about 30 people in the department. They took their fingerprints from those who refused, took explanations. Then everyone, photographing, presented the warnings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "On the inadmissibility of illegal actions" on standard forms. Then, then, as I understand it, they called for a conversation with an employee of the Center for Combating Extremism, but this fate has passed me, ”said Kalinkin North. Realia.

In Vladivostok, protesters arranged a procession. More than ten people went to the central square with two posters - there was an inscription for peace with the logo of the payment card, but they did not reach the city center, since the “police worked right away,” said North. Reali. One of the protesters Polina Gruzdeva (the name was changed at the request of the interlocutor).

- After that, the outfit arrived and began to grab everyone. It turned out a somewhat cruel detention. One girl was badly affected. She has a small concussion, as I understand it, also physical violence was applied to the guy when detained. In the police department in the Frunze district, we were held for more than seven hours. Regarding the protocols, everyone with whom I talked did not receive anything except warnings. But I did not know that girl who suffered, tried to force the protocol, I don’t know the article accurate, because she went to the hospital, ”said Gruzdeva.

In Belgorod, the police detained a resident of the city, who stood in the square with a yellow tulip. In Izhevsk, several people were detained who drove a round dance with the song "Let there always be the sun."

According to the OVD-Info, in total on Sunday the police detained more than 600 people in 33 Russian cities. Most protesters were taken to plots in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In total, more than 14 thousand people were detained from February 24.