Photo: Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" On Sunday, April 2, the metropolitan police detained, according to official figures , 31 people (according to unofficial - about 40) - for participating in a protest campaign in the center of Moscow. What kind of action it was, it remains incomprehensible: no serious opposition movement participated in its organization, this action was directly called a provocation.

The Novosibirsk branch of the Yabloko party demanded that reports of detentions and killings of gays in Chechnya be verified. “The law must guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any grounds,” the party members said in a statement , referring to the ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

Activist Ildar Dadin was detained at the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. He held a solo picket. Together with him, another activist Sergei Ozhych was detained. Dadin's wife, Anastasia Zotova, was unable to provide any details to Meduza. "Don't know. He left, said he was dating a girlfriend," Zotova said. Update. OVD-Info reports that four more people were later detained near the Interior Ministry headquarters.

Photo: Evgeny Feldman for Medusa on April 2, the police detained dozens of people in the center of Moscow, who are suspected of trying to hold an inconsistent action. According to the OVD-Info, 44 ​​people were delivered to the internal affairs departments. The Ministry of Internal Affairs officially reported 29 detainees "for violation of public order."

Pavel Parshov, the killer of former State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov, came to Donetsk shortly before the assassination attempt. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko spoke about this in an interview with the German tabloid Bild. Parshov visited Donetsk on March 6, two and a half weeks before the assassination attempt on Voronenkov. According to Lutsenko, the fact of Parshov's trip to the DPR suggests that Russia may be behind the assassination attempt on the former State Duma deputy.

More than 40 people were detained in the center of Moscow, suspected of attempting to carry out an uncoordinated action. This was reported by the Interfax agency, citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the source, most of the detainees are supporters of nationalist movements. An official statement from the Moscow police states that 29 people were detained “for violating public order.” Administrative protocols will be drawn up on them.

At least 20 people were detained on Tverskaya Street near Triumfalnaya Square. This was announced by photographer Evgeny Feldman. According to the Interfax news agency , one minor was among the detainees. At least four people were detained on Manezhnaya Square earlier. On the morning of April 2, Moscow police installed fences in the city center in connection with reports on social networks about the preparation of an uncoordinated action.

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An action against corruption was held in the center of Novosibirsk, the participants of which demanded the release of those detained during the rallies on March 26. According to Taiga.info , about 500 people gathered on Lenin Square. NGS.Novosti reports about a thousand participants. The action was agreed with the city authorities. The mayor's office allowed the meeting to be held without the use of microphones and sound amplifiers.

Update. On Triumfalnaya Square, the police detained three people who were walking down the street in a group of 20 young people. According to the Interfax agency , one of the detainees had his face covered, he was holding a banner in his hands. Four people were detained on Manezhnaya Square in the center of Moscow. Correspondents of Meduza report this.

The police detained an activist on Manezhnaya Square, who began to make a speech about the settlement of all conflicts on Earth. As a Meduza correspondent reports, the young man said: “I want people to come to our country, so that we go everywhere, so that everything is fine.

Alexei Navalny's press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, said he did not give any interviews on the subject of the April 2 protest. According to Yarmysh, Navalny did not talk about this with Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, who wrote that Navalny had declared his non-involvement in the preparation of the action. The Novaya Gazeta report stated that Muratov visited Navalny in a temporary detention facility.

Photo: Alexander Zemlyanichenko / Ar / Scanpix / Leta Street protests, which took place on March 26 in several dozen Russian cities , have become the most massive over the past few years. They turned into large -scale consequences for the participants. Numerous detainees were accused of administrative offenses. Criminal articles have been instituted - under articles on attacks on police officers and hooliganism. Pupils and students were worked out in schools and universities.

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The police prepared for an inconsistent action Photo: Evgeny Feldman for "Medusa" The police installed metal fences in the center of Moscow, fighters of riot police and the Russian Guard are pulled to Manezhnaya and Red Squares, there are autozaki on the streets, and police patrols with dogs appeared. Such measures were taken in response to rumors about the preparation of an inconsistent protest campaign. "Medusa" shows what the city center looks like on the morning of April 2.