18:11, 28 April 2007

"Disagreement March" organizers in Nizhni Novgorod released

Militia has dispersed a non-sanctioned "Disagreement March" in Nizhni Novgorod.

Today about one hundred persons rallied in the Freedom Square of Nizhni Novgorod with the aim to take part in the action. According to Stanislav Dmitrievskiy, leader of the Society of Russian-Chechen Friendship, liquidated by Russian court, at about 1 p.m. OMON (Special Militia) has dispersed the dissidents after their attempt to start the action. Fighters of the special unit rushed into the crowd, captured eleven activists of the Russian National-Bolshevik Party (NBP), banned by the court these days, and forced them into militia buses. According to Ilya Shamazov, leader of the NBP's local branch, a well-known writer National-Bolshevik Zakhar Prilepin was among the detainees.

Later, the detained Dmitrievskiy and Shamazov were released after being accused of violating the order of organizing meetings and failure to obey to the demands of the public prosecutor.

Author: Vyacheslav Feraposhkin, CK correspondent