Three people were detained in St. Petersburg due to the “Distributing Empty Promises” campaign

In St. Petersburg, the security forces detained the coordinator of the movement "Young Petersburg" Maxim Leonov. About this, with reference to his wife Yana Leonova, writes a telegram channel about urban social movements.

According to the woman, during the arrest, the security forces introduced themselves as members of the criminal investigation department and took Leonov to the police department on Petrogradskaya Storona No. 43.

A lawyer from OVD-Info, Nikita Sorokin, came to the police station to see the detainee. He said that Leonov was detained because of the last action of the movement against the governor Alexander Beglov.

On October 21, activists of the movement installed a cardboard figure of Beglov in the Alexander Garden, and on the table in front of it were jars with promises from the governor: for example, “89 new metro stations”, “remove snow”, “preserve the architecture of St. Petersburg” and others. Above the head of the figure was the inscription "Distribution of empty promises."

Leonov is charged with an article on holding a public event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). While he is still in the department. The lawyer assumes that from there he will immediately be taken to court.

19:58 The wife of the coordinator of the Young Petersburg movement, Maxim Leonov, Yana Leonova, was also detained. This was told by lawyer Nikita Sorokin, cooperating with OVD-Info.

Leonova came to the police department to give explanations, after which she was released without a protocol. When the girl was already getting into the car, police officers ran up to her and took her to the department with the words that "the management ordered that a protocol be drawn up."

Sorokin also said that another detainee was brought to OP 43 because of the “Distribution of Empty Promises” action.

22:19 Protocols were drawn up for all the detainees under the article on holding a public event without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Yana Leonova was allowed to go home, while her husband and another detainee were left at the police station for the night before the trial. This was told by a lawyer from OVD-Info Nikita Sorokin.

The news title has been updated due to new information.