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Relatives of Pussy Riot member Anna Kuzminykh were searched in Nizhny Novgorod
Police in Nizhny Novgorod searched the apartment of relatives of Pussy Riot member Anna Kuzmin, and detained her father and sister. Kuzminykh herself reported this to OVD-Info.
The search and detention became known from neighbors and relatives of the Kuzmins. After the police arrived, the apartment was found open.
Currently, the activist’s father Alexey Kuzminykh and her sister Varvara Kuzminykh are detained. The sister is in police department No. 5 of Nizhny Novgorod, where the father was taken is unknown.
OVD-Info lawyer Kristina Tyurina went to see Varvara Kuzminykh at the police department.
At police department No. 5, where Varvara Kuzminykh is located, they refuse to let OVD-Info lawyer Kristina Tyurina in.
22:20 It became known that the Kuzmins’ father was also taken to police department No. 5. A lawyer is still not allowed to see them.
22:40 Lawyer from OVD-Info Kristina Tyurina was allowed to see her client Varvara Kuzminykh.
22:50 Varvara Kuzminykh was released from the police department as a witness in a criminal case under the article on desecration of the Russian flag (Article 239 of the Criminal Code), which was brought against her sister.
23:25 The father, Alexey Kuzminykh, was also released, he is at home. According to police, he is in the status of a witness in a criminal case.
Earlier it became known that Anna Kuzminykh was accused of desecration of the flag of the Russian Federation (Article 239 of the Criminal Code). The case arose due to a performance in Georgia near the Tbilisi reservoir: protesters wearing Putin masks sang and danced in circles, and then burned a mannequin depicting Putin and a flag.