The detained activists of the Youth YABLOKO and Artur Grokhovsky,
Advisor to Sergei Mitrokhin, are facing 15 days of arrest
in accordance with Article 19.3 of the Administrative Violation
Code “Non-obeying to the lawful police order”.
Protocols on administrative violations by the activists were
made in the Tverkoye police station, Moscow. “I access this
as an act of moral pressure,” Artur Grokhovsky said over the
phone.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin told that this constituted
an attempt of intimidation of the activists as they had dared
to oppose Vladimir Putin’s initiative.”
UPD: The activists were released. The trial is scheduled
on July 14.
See also:
Activists of the Youth YABLOKO
enchained themselves with handcuffs by the Russian parliament
protesting against the new security service law. Press Release.
July 9, 2010.
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