In Nizhny Novgorod, participants in a protest against raising the retirement age, Igor Adyasov, Pavel Pushechnikov, and an employee of the Nizhny Novgorod headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Yevgeny Goligorov, were detained. This was reported to OVD-Info by Arkady Galker.

In Chelyabinsk, Dmitry Khafizov, who was beaten by police officers after being detained for protests against pension reform, filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee about abuse of power by police officers. This was reported in the telegram channel "Apology of Protest". Earlier, lawyer Andrei Lepekhin told the 74.ru portal that a police officer hit Khafizov with his head during the arrest.

The Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow sentenced publicist Yuri Ekishev to two years in a penal colony and released him in the courtroom. This is reported by the agency "Moscow". Companion of the leader of the banned organization "People's militia named after Minin and Pozharsky" (NOMP) Vladimir Kvachkov Ekisheva was found guilty by the court under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) and appointed two years in a penal colony.

In Moscow and St. Petersburg, police beat journalists at protests against raising the retirement age that took place on September 9. This was reported in the telegram channel of the legal service “Apology of Protest”; on the Rosbalt website ; in the Mediazona publication and on the Dozhd TV channel’s Twitter feed . During the arrests in St. Petersburg, freelancer Georgy Markov, who was working on a campaign for the publication Molniya, was beaten. He was detained twice.

In Penza, three defendants in the Network case were finally charged. The head of the human rights movement “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev told OVD-Info about this. Dmitry Pchelintsev and Ilya Shakursky were accused of creating a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). Arman Sagynbaev was charged with participation in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). It is unknown whether the other defendants in the case have been charged.

In Moscow, six participants in an indefinite protest were detained, who were standing in front of the monument to Tvardovsky. This was reported to OVD-Info by one of the detainees, Nikolai Dubinin. In addition to him, Oktyabrina Zvyagina, Vladislav Krasnov, Mikhail Shalashny, Vera Oleinikova, Vladislav Popov were detained. The protesters were taken to the police station in the Tverskoy district.

In Moscow, the Investigative Committee charged two participants in a rally against pension reform under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of violence against a government official). This is stated in the telegram channel of human rights "Open Russia" with reference to the lawyer Oleg Eliseev. According to Eliseev, the defendants are 24-year-old Viktor Fedoseev and 36-year-old Vasily Kostylev.

Dissatisfaction with the upcoming pension reform was the reason for numerous public events since June. The initiator of the organization of rallies and processions on September 9 throughout the country, in connection with the reform, became Alexei Navalny. Supporters of the politician in 81 city announced their intention to join this initiative. Only in twelve of them the organizers managed to agree on shares with the local authorities. At the same time, in St.

Determination of shares against pension reform in St. Petersburg / Photo: Yegor Tsvetkov / Internet Gazeta "Paper" On September 9, shares against pension reform were held in dozens of Russian cities. OVD-Info sums up the results of the day. Dissatisfaction with the upcoming pension reform was the reason for numerous public events since June. The initiator of the organization of rallies and processions on September 9 throughout the country, in connection with the reform, became Alexei Navalny.

Detention for shares against raising retirement age / photo: David Frenkel / Mediazon On September 9, in many cities of the country, rallies and processions were held against raising the retirement age, twelve of which were agreed with the authorities. According to the ATS-Info, more than 1018 people were detained, most of all in St. Petersburg-about 452 participants in the action. Since September 10, the courts began to actively consider the administrative cases of the detainees.