At 12 o'clock – to the paddy wagon: detentions of participants in the “Noon against Putin” protest began in Russia

Detention of participants in the action “Noon against Putin”/Collage 24 Channel

In Russia, mass detentions of Russians who decided to join the “Noon against Putin” action were recorded. It is reported that the police also detained ordinary voters who simply came to vote at 12 o'clock.

It is noted that the idea of ​​the “Noon against Putin” campaign is to come to the polling station at 12:00 and vote against Putin or spoil the ballot. Even before his death, this proposal was supported by oppositionist Alexey Navalny.

Detention at noon

The network publishes footage of the detention of Russians who came to the polling stations to vote at 12:00. Probably the reason is the “At noon against Putin” action, which was organized by the opposition.

It is reported that at least 63 people were detained in different regions of Russia. In particular, 26 people were detained in Kazan, another 12 in Moscow, six in St. Petersburg, and three in Volgograd. Chelyabinsk, Ryazan. In addition, there were arrests in Ufa. Petrozavodsk and other cities of the country.

Detention in Russian cities at noon: watch the video

As Russian media reported, in one of the Kazan polling stations the police prohibited young people from voting who came to cast their vote at noon. Law enforcement officers asked them to “come back later.”

They say come back later, in an hour or two. Either we are going now, or we are being detained,” said one of the voters.

Those who were finally detained were taken to the police station. It is noted that they were released without drawing up a report. The Russians were not told what the reason for the detention was.

The police detained those who voted at noon: watch the video

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• The network also showed photos of spoiled ballots that Russians threw into ballot boxes. Most of them depict anti-war slogans “For Peace”. They also wrote calls for the release of political prisoners in Russia and noted that “the world of Russia is in prison.” Opposite Putin they wrote the words “murderer”, “criminal” and “psychopath”.
• There were also many attempts to sabotage the elections at individual polling stations. For example, they poured out brilliant green and even set fire to boxes with ballots. In Ufa, for example, one of the Russians tried to throw a photograph of Alexei Navalny into the ballot box. It was through this system that electronic voting was carried out in the “elections” of the President of Russia. Cyber ​​specialists were able to bypass the security system – the problems will last until the end of the voting.