Two dozens of people detained during Saturday’s public events organized by the opposition have been released, the Moscow police department’s press service said.
Supporters of Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and entrepreneur Alexei Kozlov as well as protesters against a pro-Kremlin documentary alleging Russians were paid to attend recent vote fraud rallies gathered on central Pushkinskaya Square on 2 pm Moscow time (10:00 GMT) to hold the rally in the format of the meeting with State Duma member Gennady Gudkov.
Such format does not require approval of the city government but forbids any posters and slogans. The protest was attended by several dozens of people and at least two, who came with posters, were detained.
The Moscow city police also detained over 20 people who tried to hold an unauthorized rally on center Revolution Square to support environmentalists from the country’s south.
“Green” activists Suren Gazaryan and Yevgenia Vitishko from the Krasnodar region were served by charges on intentional damage to property committed from hooligan prompting on early March with the maximum penalty for this item at up to five years in prison.