Demonstration in St. Petersburg on the Field of Mars The May Day processions were held in St. Petersburg. The first on Nevsky Prospekt was a column, led by the governor, but the rally on Palace Square, the participants in the pro -government procession were practically not able to hold - people almost immediately parted.

On May 1, the annual procession with absurd slogans agreed with the authorities

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In Kazan, the court arrested for 10 days the activist of Open Russia Daria Kulakov, who was detained by the police on April 29 during the “Tired” campaign. The activist was accused of disobedience to the legal order of a police officer and a violation of the established procedure for the organization or a rally.

The Russian motorcyclists from the Night Wolves club were not allowed into the territory of Poland to participate in the run "Victory - to Berlin." They were suspected of involvement in estrem activities.

Archive photo In Moscow, during the May Day procession, five nationalists were detained, including the comrade -in -arms of the opposition politician Vyacheslav Maltsev, a member of the Coordinating Council of the New Opposition, Yuri Gorsky, who headed the column of the so -called Russian Primary.