“Ilya Azaru is charged with violating part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the order of the rally - ed.), He was detained today at 21:10,” said Molokanova.
According to her, the journalist will be left for the night in the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Krasnoselsky district. The lawyer clarified that "tomorrow at 9 am a protocol is planned."
Molokanova also stated that the detention of Azar could be related to the organization of an uncoordinated rally in the Russian capital on August 31.
Earlier, the press secretary of the unregistered candidate for elections to the Moscow City Duma, Lyubov Sobol, Alexander Lukyanenko, announced her detention. Lawyer Ivan Sustin said he was going to the police station to clarify the situation with the detention of Sable.