Handcuffed, accused of defending Nazis, and threatened with criminal prosecution: In St. Petersburg, police rough up a lawyer working with OVD-Info
On the evening of March 7th while detainees were being held at police stations nationwide for their participation in anti-war protests, Alexei Kalugin, a lawyer working with OVD-Info was roughed up by police at Station 31 in St. Petersburg. Текст на русском Kalugin arrived at Station 31, along with his colleague Sergei Podolsky, who also works with OVD-Info, to represent the interests of one of the protestors being held there. Both lawyers had identification and orders with them.