Detained James Ellis stays in the police department for the night. Recall that the detainees at Boltnaya Square are charged with violating Articles 20.2 and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Maxim Chekanov received 5 days of administrative arrest, Ildar Dadin received 15 days of administrative arrest. According to the detainees, Ekaterina Maldon is being taken to court at the moment. At the same time, Tamara Tikhonova, Andrey Zubets, Alla Frolova, Elena Morozova and Elena Glushko were released from the police department on the obligation to appear in court. The rest are still in the Yakimanka police department.

On Bolotnaya Square, where an uncoordinated rally is currently taking place in memory of the events of May 6, 2012, two activists were detained: Maria Goncharova and James Ellis. The detainees were holding posters “Police - be human” and “Freedom for prisoners of fascist concentration camps.” The activists said that they were being taken to the Khamovniki police station.

As one of the activists detained earlier on Bolotnaya Square reported, the police are drawing up reports on everyone for violating Articles 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Activists also reported that the police do not exclude the possibility that the detainees will be taken to the Zamoskvoretsky District Court today.

Today, on the anniversary of the events on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, activists hung banners on Luzhkov Bridge with the words “Russia is not a prison” and “Freedom for political prisoners.” Police detained 12 activists: Irina Kolmykova Tamara Tikhonova Ekaterina Maldon Maxim Chekanov Alexander Eisman Elena Morozova Natalia Gorilskaya Alexander Shelkovenko Maria Ryabikova Elena Glushko Ildar Dadin Alla Frolova and photojournalist Andrey Zubets.