Navalny was detained in the subway, was released after 8 hours – BBC Russian

Navalny was detained in the subway, was released after 8 hours – BBC Russian

• February 15, 2015

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According to the court Alexei Navalny is still under house arrest

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny spent about eight hours in the police station after being detained in the Moscow subway, when agitated people to come to the “anti-crisis march” on March 1.

He was released only late at night.

“All is well, all were released and even a special police free spent in the metro. Thank you all for your support,” – wrote Navalny in his “Twitter”.

According to the human rights portal “ATS-info”, all were arrested six people, including myself Navalny and his colleague Nikolai Lyaskin. The rest of the activists managed to freely distribute campaign materials.

Several detainees quickly released, including Director of the fight against corruption Roman Rubanova, who wrote in the “Twitter” that held him “educational conversation” that “Metro – a high-risk venture”.

In the Moscow police detain Navalny explained by the fact that he allegedly violated public order ..

“Bulk together with another citizen detained in metro attempt to disrupt public order and taken to the police station to make a decision about bringing them to justice in accordance with applicable law, “- said the RIA Novosti news agency, the press service of the Moscow cupola MIA.

At the same time in Moscow carried out three pickets the so-called “campaign cubes.” The organizers of one of them policemen forced to remove Russian flags.

The anti-crisis Spring

Alexei Navalny and a number of opposition politicians have agreed to hold a march “Spring” March 1 under the political and economic slogans prevent opposition to the elections to end the war in Ukraine, to lift censorship, cut budget spending on power ministries and other.

At the end of December Zamoskvoretskiy court sentenced Alexei Navalny to 3.5 years of imprisonment, and his brother Oleg – to the same term of imprisonment in the real part of the case “Yves Rocher”.

In this case, by court opposition continues to be under house arrest, although he stated that he refuses to comply with this condition, and in the past weeks repeatedly left his apartment.