An activist was detained in Moscow with a poster against the destruction of the Beshtau Mountain nature reserve

Valentina Velichkina, an activist from Mineralnye Vody, was detained on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow. This was announced by the defender from OVD-Info Evgeny Kurakin, who came to her aid.

A woman went on a picket with a poster against the destruction of the reserve on Mount Beshtau. She was taken to the Kitai-Gorod OP.

21:34 Velichkina was released from the police department without a protocol, Kurakin reports.

• 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 .