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Mass document checks and detentions took place in Nizhny Novgorod. According to Pro City, an illegal rally was scheduled for March 13, the organizers of which are unknown.
According to the newspaper, police officers were on duty on the central streets of the city. Citizens walked around the Drama Theater without posters and shouting slogans, but some of them had green ribbons on their clothes. Some were asked to show documents and proceed to paddy wagons for identity verification.
According to preliminary data, about 100 people were detained. They were taken to police departments to be checked for participation in previous rallies. Pro City reports that this is not the first time that some of the walkers have been detained.
Earlier it was reported that in St. Petersburg near the Gostiny Dvor, before the possible start of an unauthorized protest, there were mass detentions of journalists. According to Fontanka, correspondents from ZaKS.ru, Novaya Gazeta, Kommersant, MR7, Nevsky News and other publications have been on police buses.
Source: Rosbalt
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