Activists of the St. Petersburg Youth branch of YABLOKO
held a flashmob in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB)
office in St. Petersburg. The action was conducted in response
to the recent statements by the representatives of the FSB
on the need to ban Gmail, Hotmail and Skype in Russia.
Several activists organized a Skype-conference directly under
the windows of the Federal Security Service. The activists
held laptops connected to the Internet and also held inscriptions
"The threat to Russian security" on their backs.
The participants of the Skype-conference discussed the recent
statement by the FSB and came to a conclusion that the idea
to ban Skype, Gmail and Hotmail was "stupid and useless".
Chair St. Petersburg Youth Yabloko Alexander Gudimov also
held a banner "Freedom can not be banned”.
"Our flash mob demonstrated that communication via Skype
does not represent a threat to Russia’s security,” said Alexander
Gudimov, Chair of St. Petersburg Youth YABLOKO.
The action attracted a large number of police officers who
were watching the action, photographed and even recorded personal
data of all the participants.
When the action ended police detained Alexander Gudimov and
brought him to the police department.
Photo: "Threat to Russia's security"
Photo: "Freedom can not be banned!"
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Source: www.spb.yabloko.ru
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