Participants of the anticorruption rally in Sochi after the detention in the police car. June 12, 2017. Photo by Svetlana Kravchenko for "Caucasian Knot"

12 June 2017, 16:46

In Sochi, police disperse action of Alexei Navalny's supporters

About 50 supporters of Alexei Navalny were detained in Sochi. Today, in total, about 100 people have come to the anticorruption action in the city.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that participants in the anticorruption rally in Krasnodar compiled a resolution with the demands for resignation of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev and admission of Alexei Navalny to the presidential election of 2018.

In Sochi, participants of the protest action planned to march from the "Alexandria" shopping centre (SC) along Constitution Street down to the monument to victims of political repression at the intersection of Constitution and Parkovaya Streets.

However, Alexander Bondarev, the chief of the OVD (Interior Division) for the Central District of Sochi, demanded from the participants of the action to disperse immediately. According to him, he "sees in the action signs of an unsanctioned rally."

Then the policemen began to detain supporters of Alexei Navalny. The participants of the action complained about a provocateur, who "reported to the police false denunciations about offences."

According to several detainees, the policemen seized their passports from them and did not explain the reasons for their detention.

Earlier, the Alexei Navalny's supporters have failed in seeking from the Sochi City Mayor's Office a sanction for holding a rally.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

Author: Svetlana Kravchenko Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

November 07, 2024 20:18

November 07, 2024 19:16

  • Activist detained in Dagestan

    In Makhachkala, law enforcers have placed Ramazan Rabadanov, an activist, into the isolation facility. He intended to go to the Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories to observe the trials within the case of the riots at the Uytash Airport.

November 07, 2024 10:58

November 06, 2024 23:31

  • Drone attack becomes first in Dagestan since beginning of SMO

    An attack with a drone shot down in Kaspiysk has become the first incident in Dagestan since the beginning of the special military operation (SMO). The incident occurred eight days after Chechnya was attacked by a drone for the first time during the hostilities in Ukraine.

November 06, 2024 21:59

News archive