Czech citizen arrested for picketing on Red Square
The Tver district court of Moscow for 13 days arrested a citizen of the Czech Republic Mikhail Plaminek. On September 20, he went on a picket near Lenin’s mausoleum on Red Square.
The Tver district court of Moscow for 13 days arrested a citizen of the Czech Republic Mikhail Plaminek. On September 20, he went on a picket near Lenin’s mausoleum on Red Square.
According to the press service of the Moscow courts, the arrest of a Czech citizen was appointed for disobedience to police officers. He was also sentenced to two fines: 40 thousand rubles for discrediting the Russian army and 20 thousand rubles for conducting an uncoordinated picket.
The press service of the courts added that Mikhail Plaminek went to the mausoleum on Red Square with a poster on which there was an inscription in English of thematic content. The police detained the man, as pickets on the territory adjacent to the residence of the President of Russia, is prohibited. According to the court, he refused to proceed to the police department and resisted.
The Czech Embassy in Moscow is aware of the arrest of Mikhail Plaminek and provides him with consular assistance.
