Peace People
Проект о задержанных на митингах и их историях.
A project about those detained at rallies and their stories.
2022

Sasha, 21 years old.
On March 6 I was detained at the antiwar action on Kalanchevskaya Street. They lined me and the other detainees up against the wall, then a paddy wagon pulled up and we were loaded in. Most of the people in the van were girls around my age. It was crowded and hot inside, but we sang "Sunny Circle". I joked about it being my birthday party - it really was my birthday that day. We created a detainee chat room, and I wrote about all of us to IAB-Info.
They kept us at the station for three hours and 40 minutes. After the statements were made they made us take fingerprints, but we called the MIA hotline and they let us go.
There hasn't been a trial yet, they have to write a fine.


Ira, 25 years old.
On March 6 my friends and I were detained in the square where we were staying because we saw that other protesters had begun to be detained. They took us, they said, just for the numbers, without looking into it or even explaining the reason for the detention. Then they took us to the Kommunarka police department and held us for nine hours, giving us a fine of 20,000 rubles.

Marta, 19 years old.
I was detained on March 6 near the red gate. We were walking in a small crowd, maybe 100 people (they wrote 200 in the report), mostly teenagers, shouted "no to war" a couple of times, but after five minutes of walking like that, the cosmonauts ran in and told us to stand in the wall.
Our bus was small, smaller than a minibus, at most 8 people could sit there, but they crammed 13 of us in, and it was extremely painful to stand there, constantly tossing from side to side, it was also terribly hot and stuffy.
Apparently there was a plant with us, he was sitting there before us, refused to tell us his name, said he was "just going to the bar", asked questions like "how do you know that?
We drove about an hour, we were taken to the Zyuzino Police Department, and they took us one by one to a room where we were photographed right at the entrance, saying "so you won't say we brought you here with a broken head", then they asked us questions
how did you get here?
How do you feel about the "current situation"?
Do you have relatives in Ukraine?
Then it took them a long time to process me, the officer would not let me write an explanation myself, he wrote from dictation, threw out things he did not like
Then they sent me back and forced me to take fingerprints, saying that if you refuse, we'll detain you for 8 days for resisting the police
all in all they kept him for a little over four hours and only let him go all together 
After the trial they imposed a fine of 10 thousand rubles


Olga, 44 years old.
I was detained on Gogolevsky Boulevard on February 27, 2022, where I had come to protest and join the rally. I hadn't had time to take a step when I was detained, taken to a police truck and taken outside the city, to Sheremetyevo (Molzhaninovsky police station) where I was held for 7 hours. A few days later at the court I was given a fine of 20,000 rubles.


Ell, 21
I was detained on February 27, the great 2022. I successfully rallied as part of a group of people (that's what it says in my report), shouting slogans. The festivities ended at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior: in an attempt to avoid justice I ran across the road and sat down on a bench outside the museum, but our brave law enforcement officers were not deceived by my maneuver: they asked me to accompany them. No one in the van was harmed, only one man in uniform knocking on the door (as a deterrent). We were taken to the police station and held for more than 10 hours. I liked the guys working there. I was a witness to a discussion between police officers: one was defending us and convincing the other that the anti-war actions were good.
The detainees who were "showing off" (they referred to Article 51 of the Constitution) were left at the precinct and sentenced to 15 days in jail. Those who confessed were released late at night.
There was a trial. They only gave me 10 thousand, but told me not to go any further: they'll put me in jail for 15 years, "and you still have children to give birth to! (judge's quote).


Yuliya, 24 years old.
I was detained on March 6 in Lipetsk, I was standing with my friends, they ran up to us, did not introduce themselves and grabbed me, eventually put me in a van, took away my phone, kept me for 3-4 hours, wrote a warning, took photos (like in American movies ha-ha in profile, full-face, etc.) and took fingerprints.


Mark, 20 years old.
I was detained on February 27. I came out of the underpass at Pushkinskaya metro station, saw a lot of police officers, journalists, and passing by gawkers, I guess there were rare detentions, but I wasn't paying much attention. I decided to go on, but police officers approached me under the pretext of checking my documents (by the way, they had checked my documents four times before). I showed my passport, they tried to take my hand, I clarified the legality of their actions and then I was detained (by the way*2 those who gave me their documents were also detained). They took me to the police station, where I met some nice new people, held me there for eight hours and took away my phone and all my things. They also fingerprinted and photographed me several times, interviewed me and the police, drew up a report under a 20.2 part 5 near 1 a.m. They let me go.
Two days later I was in court, the judge listened to me and my defense lawyer, and then imposed a fine of twenty thousand rubles. I filed an appeal, I'm waiting for a new hearing date


Polina, 24 years old.
I was detained in Lipetsk, on Victory Square. It was on March 6, at 2 pm. I was walking by a shopping center with some friends. The police grabbed us on the spot and took us on a police bus. As a result I was detained for three hours at police station #8. They took my phone, didn't give any reason for the detention, interrogated me, gave me a warning, took my fingerprints and took pictures. I refused the last two procedures, but they blackmailed me with the idea of indefinite detention. I had to agree


Ivan, 21 years old
On March 6, on Forgiveness Sunday, I came out to declare my civic position against war as it should be in a democratic state. Peacefully for peace. I walked from the square of three railway stations to the Red Gate metro station. Chanted "No to war."
At the house on Kalanchevskaya 2/1 we were pinned against the wall by the police and taken to a car. They took us to the Brateevo police station. They spent 5 hours drawing up a report on me. The girls detained with me were tortured. They were left overnight. The next day they sentenced me to 30 days. I served them in 1 Special Reception Center.
Now I have many friends who share my views. From the cellblock, from the cell, from the support chat room.

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