According to the NGO, the largest number of arrests were in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan.
More than 65 people who came to vote have been arrested in Russia. Thus tells the non-governmental organization OVD-inform, which has long helped those arrested in demonstrations.
According to OVD-inform, the largest number of arrests are in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, at least 26 people. 7×7 site tells also about the incident where the police in Kazan arrested 20 people but soon released them without drawing up a report.
Arrests have been reported from St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Chelyabinsk and Petrozavodsk and other cities. According to the organization’s information, 14 people have been arrested in Moscow, among other things, because their shirts read No to war and Roads to creativity. The latter inscription is stylized in such a way that Putin, recognizable in it, is a thief.
In St. Petersburg, the local Fontanka news site tells, that its reporter was arrested near the polling station, even though he had valid accreditation papers. The police claimed that the man waved his hands, cursed and disturbed the voters.
The arrests are mostly related to the “Noon without Putin” demonstration, which aims to gather all those who oppose the current administration to the polling stations today at 12 noon.
Opposition politicians Mikhail Khodorkovskyi and Yuliya Navalnayawho have supported the demonstration, came to the Russian embassy in Berlin.
in Moscow To Alexei Navalny in addition to flowers, ballots with the politician’s name are brought to the grave. Navalnyi died a month ago in a prison camp in northern Russia. He was laid to rest in Moscow on February 1. Before his death, the politician had time to show his support for today’s demonstration.
The Noon Against Putin campaign was also organized in Helsinki. The queue for the Russian Embassy in Finland went around the block.