Detained for trying to convey messages about persecution of gays, fined
The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined Valentina Dekhtyarenko, an Open Russia activist, 10,000 rubles, who was detained on May 11 during an attempt to submit appeals to the Prosecutor General's Office in connection with the persecution of gays in Chechnya. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to a press release from the organization. Earlier, two other activists Alexander Alekseyev and Nikita Safronov, who were detained on the same day, were also fined 10,000 rubles by the court.