In Krasnoyarsk, at the spontaneous memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin, 16-year-old Alexei was detained, who, together with a friend, turned faces down a photo of the founder of the Wagner PMC and his associate Dmitry Utkin. This is reported by NGS24.RU with reference to its correspondent.
According to the journalist, one of the teenagers ran away from Red Square, where the spontaneous memorial is located, before the arrival of the security forces. The second young man was detained. When he tried to run, they threw him face down on the ground and «twisted», reports the publication. After some time, the second Krasnoyarsk citizen returned and approached the policemen.
“We had a conversation. Since we have not destroyed anything… The penalty [will be] or [limited to] a warning. I have not signed anything yet, I am writing an explanation, ”Alexei clarified. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Krasnoyarsk told journalists that teenagers would not be fined — they had already had an explanatory conversation.
After the crash on August 23 of the business jet of the founder of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in the Tver region, they began to bring flowers there and candles. One of the visitors placed among them a sledgehammer with the symbols of mercenaries — as a reference to the execution of a former prisoner recruited by Wagner PMCs. Spontaneous memorials appeared in other cities of Russia.