November 4, 2009 By Citizen M

Dangers Of Dissent

0999CB8F-134C-4EA3-97F7-B526A637D46C_mw203_s.jpgA Dissenter’s march in Russia wouldn’t be a Dissenter’s march if it didn’t end in large-scale detentionsSaturday night’s march was no different, with up to 50 protesters allegedly held.  Thanks to la Russophobe, for highlighting this link to activist Oleg Kozlovsky’s English weblog, in which he recounts the details of his own arrest: 

 
In order to find a pretext to arrest participants of the action, members of Rossiya Molodaya (Young Russia), a Kremlin-aligned youth group (a part of the so-called Putinyouth), were used as provocateurs. They began lighting flares, chanting slogans and throwing leaflets (mocking the opposition) in the middle of the crowd. The police were ready: they arrested the Putinyouth and many regular participants around as well as Limonov. The provocateurs were soon released without any charge while Limonov himself may face up to 15 days imprisonment for “disobeying police orders.”