In Moscow, on Red Square, picketer Yusup Khemraev was detained, who was standing with a poster reading "My Russia is in prison." He himself told OVD-Info about this.
Khemraev was taken to the Kitay-Gorod police station. It is not yet known what he is charged with.
15:30 A lawyer from OVD-Info came to help the picketer.
17:15 Yusup Khemraev was released from the Kitay-Gorod district police department, a lawyer from OVD-Info reports. A protocol was drawn up against the picketer for participating in an uncoordinated public action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
- Participants in actions on various topics are regularly detained on Red Square: eco-activists , picketers with posters about Putin , against repression and torture , in support of political prisoners , in defense of Palestinians ; they also detain actionists who held performances, and ordinary citizens who stood with posters with a smiley face , a blank sheet of paper or a declaration of love . In addition, journalists carrying out editorial assignments have been detained on Red Square more than once.
- According to the federal law on rallies, the procedure for holding public events on Red Square is determined personally by the President of the Russian Federation.