Defenders of Torfyanka Park are suspected of insulting the feelings of believers
A criminal case was opened against the defenders of the Moscow Torfyanka park for insulting religious feelings. On November 14, 2016, police detained several defenders of the Torfyanka park. In the morning, activists Natalya Fedorova, Boris Fedorov, Daria Fedorova, Evgeny Lebedev, Valentina Lebedeva, Pavel Alekseev, Vladislav Kuznetsov, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Sergei Makarkin were detained in their apartments. The police also visited lawyer Marina Verigina, who advised the park’s defenders.