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A joint action by the Federation of Russian Automobile Owners
and YABLOKO [against use of flashing lights at bureaucrats
cars creating terrible traffic jams in Moscow] began as usual
at 8 a.m. [this August]. First everything was calm, as according
to the law one-person pickets do not require any permissions
from the authorities.
Photo: Yuri Shein, member of the Regional Council of the
Moscow YABLOKO
However, by the time my turn to stand in a picket had come,
the policemen changed their minds deciding that these were
not one-person pickets. So I witnessed the detention of Alexander
Rogov, representative of the Federaiton.
Photo: Arrested YABLOKOs activist Yuri Medovar is at
the background. He was really so far from Roganov... [Roganov
held a placard "Servants of the People, Take Off the
Flashing Lights from Your Cars!"]
So I took over the placard from Roganov and came to my picketing
place.
However, a dialogue with a policeman did not end in my favour.
After standing for about 10 minutes with a placard I went
to find out why the police had detained the people.
Photo: Valery Motorin (left), head of the Dorogomilovo
police department who ordered to arrest the activists
I tried to the policemen back from Rogov. Policemens pushes
are far from being pleasant.
However, my call on the policemen to take off their hands
from me somehow worked. But they again switched onto Rogov.
I explained the police that what they were doing was arbitrary
rule.
I: Stop protecting people with flashing lights on their cars,
they will be in prison soon!
They: They will never be in prison, dont you even dream of
that!
Photo: Karina Kanayeva, daughter of the Federation leader
Sergei Kanayev, is at the background. She was also detained.
The police takes the detained to the police station and confiscates
the placards.
I and Sergei Kanayev go to the police station to write a
complaint on the arbitrariness of policeman Motorin and his
team. And see below what Motorin thought about all this (the
placard runs Russias Disgrace).
However, no one was going to detain him for this three-men
(or three policemen) [unlawful] picketing.
All the photographs but for the last one were taken from
RIDUS-NEWS.
See also:
The
original publication
Activist of the
Youth YABLOKO arrested due to provocation when picketing in
Moscow. Press Release, August 5, 2011.
Human
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