In Moscow, Vera Shikhova, the mother of a disabled miner, was detained near the president's reception
In Moscow, about an hour ago, Vera Shikhova, the mother of a disabled miner, was detained near the presidential reception building. This was reported to the OVD-Info hotline by Yelena Sidorenkova, a correspondent for the newspaper Rabochaya Demokratiya. At the time of her arrest, Shikhova was holding a solitary picket in protest against the lack of social guarantees for her son, who was injured while working in a mine. At present, the woman was taken to the Kitai-Gorod police department.