The Russian police are arresting memorials to the tenth anniversary of the murder of Boris Nemtsov – Meduza

Police in cities in Russia custody Several people at Memorials who mark the tenth anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s assassination.

In Moscow, the residents paid tribute to the late opposition figure at a improvised memorial, maintained by volunteers on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge, the site near the Kremlin, where Nemtsov was shot dead on February 27, 2015. Lay flowers outside Nemtsov’s house.

British, French, Italians, Germans and EU ambassadors also visited the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky bridge to pay their respect. Eyewitnesses reported the presence of police and municipal workers, who CAST Flowers and images left on the memorial site throughout the day.

Police itself Closed Pedestrian access to the bridge in the evening, citing a “special operation”, while the municipal workers dismounted A memorial plaque dedicated to Nemtsov. Shortly, someone wrote The name of the late politician in his place. Activists have managed to hold an moment of silence at 11:30 pm

In St. Petersburg, the Yabloko Local Party Office hosted a Nemtsov Photo exhibition and activists organized a documentary projection The man who was too free.

Conformable Ovd-infoThe police arrested people who pay tribute to Nemtsov in Moscow, Barna, UFA and other Russian cities throughout the day on Thursday. At least three journalists from Rusnews were among the detained, all were later released without accusations.

OVD-Info also reported that the police arrested minors at memorial events in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Kazan. The head of the Yachaterinburg Youth Branch of the Yabloko Party, Ivan Lukin, was arrested after putting flowers at the city monument at Decemberists. Later it was released without accusations. A teenager arrested in Kazan was also released, but the authorities accused his mother with a crime for “neglecting parental duties.”

Three activists arrested and held overnight in Kazan also face charges of infringement of protest regulations.

Moscow municipal workers continued to remove flowers from the Moskvoretsky Bolshoy bridge Overnight Friday. However, efforts for partially restore The improvised memorial to Nemtsov continued during the day.