A case was initiated against the participants of the Mayakov Readings under Art. 282 CC
Participants in poetry readings are suspected of inciting hatred towards Donbass militias and calls for violence against their relatives. On September 26, 2022, the coordinator of the Mayakov poetry readings, Artem Kamardin, his girlfriend Alexandra Popova, their neighbor, activist Alexander Menyukov, and reading participants Yegor Shtovba and Nikolai Daineko were detained in Moscow. Kamardin, Shtovba and Daineko became suspects under paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Art.