In Moscow, police detained six participants in protests against the deforestation of the Trinity Forest in one day, reports .
Activists Maria Gorodeyko, Valentin Panferov, Anna Filatova, Oksana Voronina, Irina Rulkova and Aleksandr Kubalov are among those detained.
A protocol was drawn up at Gorodeyko on participation in an uncoordinated rally due to a single picket on January 27 near the State Duma against the law on Fan ID (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Panferov was charged with a similar offense because of the gathering in the Trinity Forest.
Protocols under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses were also drawn up against Filatova, Voronina and Kubalov. What Rulkova is charged with is not specified.
In addition, the police detained journalist Sergei Ilyin, who was covering the protests. He was eventually released without a protocol. The security forces came to another journalist, Anna Nikolaeva, and demanded “to write an explanation about participation in the event in the Trinity Forest,” wrote Activatica. Nikolaeva was not detained.
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“The OVD-Info hotline has already received at least five messages from people who received calls or letters from the police about participating in a gathering in Troitsky Forest” added human rights activists.
14 activists were detained on February 12 during a people's gathering in the Trinity Forest. Protests in the area have been ongoing since mid-January. The Moscow authorities are planning to build a «giant school» in the forest, designed for two thousand places for students.