“Today, in the passage between the stations“ Borovitskaya ”and“ Library named after Lenin ”at 12:10, a police officer made a remark to a citizen who grossly violated public order.

The citizen responded by hitting the policeman, after which he was detained, ”TASS quotes the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

It is noted that the man will be sent for a medical examination to establish the state of intoxication.

The policeman was not injured. 

Earlier it was reported that in Bashkiria the pistol was taken away from the district police officer and he was shot in the leg.