A person picketing against Vladimir Zelensky and NATO was detained on Manezhnaya Square

In Moscow, Mikhail Suslin was detained, standing with a single picket against Vladimir Zelensky and NATO at the monument to Marshal Zhukov on Manezhnaya Square. He himself informed OVD-Info about this.

The detainee stood with a poster “Vladimir Zelensky is a killer of children. No HIMARS systems. NATO: Neo-Nazism, Aggression, Terrorism, Occupation. He was taken to the Kitay-gorod police department. It is not yet known what exactly he is charged with.

18:55 Mikhail Suslin was released from the department without a protocol being drawn up. According to him, this was ordered "personally by the head of the police department."

• Mikhail Suslin has already been detained during pickets against Volodymyr Zelensky on July 9 and 16 . Both times the police released him without protocol.
• According to the federal law on rallies, it is not required to notify the authorities of a single picket and agree on a place for holding it. You can read more about the rules for holding a single picket in our instructions .