It is currently known that Strongina was detained in St. Petersburg early in the morning while visiting friends, then her parents’ apartment was searched, and she herself was taken for questioning to the local branch of the Center for Combating Extremism. According to Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Maxim Reznik, the arrest was carried out by investigators who arrived from Moscow. According to Slon.

Polina Strongina, an activist of the Vesna movement, who was detained in St. Petersburg on the morning of May 26 in connection with the Bolotnaya case, was released after interrogation at the E Center on bail. According to Vladimir Fedin, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, Strongina is charged with the second part of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in mass riots, up to eight years in prison).

Vadim Karastelev, an expert of the Moscow Helsinki Group, told OVD-Info that the MHG, together with the Russian Federation of Car Owners, will conduct a number of raids to control the work of the traffic police. This is done within the framework of the MHG presidential grant, which provides for the development of civilian control over the police, and based on the experience of civil inspections of other departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Mikhail Kosenko, who was found guilty of participating in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square, and of using violence against a representative of the authorities, dangerous to life and health, was sent by court order for compulsory treatment to psychiatric hospital No. 5 in the village of Troitskoye. Kosenko is a disabled person of group II, was registered in a psycho-neurological dispensary.

The arrest of the activist of the movement "Spring" Polina Strongina, which took place on the morning of May 26 in St. Petersburg, is connected with the Bolotnaya case. This was announced by the co-chairman of the regional branch of the party RPR-PARNAS Andrey Pivovarov, without specifying the source of the information. According to him, equipment and computers were confiscated from Strongina. What status it is in is still unknown. Officially, her detention was not reported.

On the morning of May 26, activist Polina Strongina was detained in St. Petersburg. This was announced by the chairman of the regional branch of the Progress Party Arkady Chaplygin. According to him, the detention was carried out by employees of the center for combating extremism. There was no information about the reasons for the detention.

Polina Stronggina. Photo: site "Youth apple" Within the framework of the “Swamp business”, a resident of St. Petersburg Polina Stronggin, an activist of the youth democratic movement “Vesna”, which included former members of the “Youth Apple”, the “Defense” movement, and civil activists, was detained. On May 6, 2012, Stronggina was detained in Bolotnaya Square and, according to the ATS-Info, was delivered to the Dorogomilovo police department.