- December 30, 2014
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In the center of Moscow at an unsanctioned protest after the verdict in the case of brothers Navalny “Yves Rocher” came out a few thousand people, including himself Alexei Navalny, violated for the sake of regime of house arrest.
The oppositionist get from the house to the center of Moscow metro, went down Tverskaya Street to the Manezh Square and was detained by police without explanation after about 15 minutes after the beginning of the action, scheduled for 19:00 Moscow time.
According to the portal ATS-info, for an evening at the Manege and around detained about 250 people. General Directorate of the Ministry of Interior of Russia in Moscow has reported about the detention of 100 people.
BBC Russian Service conducted an online broadcast of what is happening in the center of Moscow in real time.
It became known, that sentencing brothers Navalny not be held on January 15 as originally planned, and December 30.
After that social networks were numerous calls to come to protest on Manezh Square in Moscow, at seven o’clock in the evening. The corresponding page on “Facebook” gathered a few hours more than 10 thousand. To take part in the event.
Stocks support bratoev Navalny also took place in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Tomsk and Voronezh, as well as in Russian consulates in New York and Prague.
On Tuesday morning Zamoskvoretskiy court in Moscow sentenced Oleg Navalny to 3.5 years in a penal colony, and Alexei Navalny suspended sentences.
Brothers Bulk denies the charges calling “case Yves Rocher” political and fabricated. In a short speech on the steps of the court Zamoskvoreche Alexei Navalny said that “of all kinds of sentences is – the most vile and disgusting”.
Oleg Navalny was arrested in the courtroom and escorted to jail “Butyrka”.
“I am also going”
Already on Tuesday afternoon in the center of Moscow were drawn huge police force, dozens of paddy wagons and irrigation machines that power is traditionally used to cover the streets.
Manezh Square, however, was not completely cordoned off, but was closed from 18:00 exit from the south station hall of the Moscow subway “Ryad”. The authorities explained this decision “technical reasons”.
After six o’clock in the evening in the “Twitter” Alexei Navalny suddenly appeared self in a subway car with the caption: “House Arrest – yes, but today I’d like to be with you. So I food too “.
Later Federal Penitentiary Service reported that” FSIN recorded Navalny violation of house arrest, as the court will notify “.
Despite this, Navalny managed safely reach the Pushkin Square, after which it is surrounded by supporters and journalists began to descend on Tverskaya Street down to the Manezh Square.
At this time, there is, according to the BBC correspondent BBC, was already several hundred people, which, however, police at that time had not yet detained.
Hard detention
The detentions began immediately after 19:00 Moscow time. At first, the police have enough people, loudly chanting anti-government slogans. But it soon became mass arrest.
About a quarter of the eighth to the hotel Ritz-Carlton at the beginning of the Tver approached Alexei Navalny and several riot police immediately grabbed him tightly and dragged the bus.
“There are no legal rules do not work – neither one way nor the other, – explained the air Newcaster.TV colleague George Navalny Alexei Alburi decision to go on Manezh Square. – Bulk just could not come here. We went in the metro, “Pushkin.” With no warning the police have been reported. The police did nothing to arrest “.
As it became known later, Navalny was taken home, after which five policemen were on duty at his apartment to opposition again failed to break the regime of house arrest.
According to the BBC correspondent, BBC, while the building of the State Duma gathered a group of people with St. George ribbons, which are then raised placards and tried to organize a kind of counter-rally.
Some of these people then went on Manezh Square.
“Cossacks came with flags, 20-30 people. Just stand up and stand. They surrounded the protesters, some shouting” Freedom for Political Prisoners ” “” Freedom brother! “and shouting chants known Ukrainian football fans about Putin,” – said in the “Twitter” BBC correspondent BBC Olga Ivshina.
Calculate difficult
By eight o’clock protest reached its peak, but to pinpoint the number of participants is not possible. According to some estimates, the participants were about 5 thousand. Man reportedly MIA – 1.5 thousand.
BBC correspondent BBC reported that the pavement Tverskaya street from the State Duma to Kommergerskogo lane was completely filled with people – even just to get through this crowd was difficult.
In addition, many people gathered in front of the hotel Four Seasons (formerly “Moscow”) at the very Manezh, some people – on the sidewalk in front of the hotel “National” and the Ritz-Carlton, and many of the protesters moved from one place to another on the neighboring streets.
About half of the ninth bulk of the people began to disperse, sidewalks on Tverskaya Street emptied and events continued to occur only at the very Manezh Square – there is a chain of riot police gradually squeezed out of people in the subways, continuing massively detain protesters.
Finally, the police replaced the people from the area to 21:15.
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