In Moscow, on Red and Pushkinskaya squares, participants of solo pickets against the war with Ukraine were detained. This is reported by OVD-Info and Avtozak LIVE.
According to human rights activists, Artur Alaev came to Red Square with a poster «No to war», Liya Klimenko with a poster «No to fascism» and Artem Potapov with a poster » Children need peace.» They were all detained.
A picketer Artyom Latushkin was detained on Pushkin Square. On his poster was written «No to war» and an excerpt from the poem «Haidamaki» by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.
The brothers Kirill and Nikolai Soldatov were later detained on the same square with posters «Save Ukraine» and «Stop the war ”, reports Avtozak LIVE. It is still unknown what they are charged with.
The detainees were charged with violating the rules of the rally (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and “discrediting” the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Some of the picketers have already been released from the police departments.
50 days of war in Ukraine is 50 days of protest in Russia. Mediazona compiled a calendar of anti-war speeches from February 24