Mansur Gilmanov, a lawyer for the Apology of Protest <span style = "color: rgb (17, 17, 17);"> ", told the Daily Storm that the journalist Renat Davletgildeev was detained by law enforcement officers. Davletgildeev took part in the action of the punk group Pussy Riot in early October. Then the actionists hung LGBT flags on several buildings in Moscow, including the main building of the FSB on Lubyanskaya Square.
“I got in touch with him, there is a connection. He was detained at the exit from the place of temporary stay in Moscow. He did not come to Moscow, and the officers figured out where he was, and at the exit from the apartment he was detained, - said Gilmanov. - I think it's all because of the flag action. "
Himself Davletgildeev later noted in his correspondence with the Daily Storm correspondent that the arrest took place at about 11:15 Moscow time. According to him, six people took part in it.
7 October members of Pussy Riot hung rainbow flags on the buildings of the FSB in Lubyanka, the presidential administration, the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Culture and the Department of Internal Affairs in the Basmanny district. The activists then explained their choice by the fact that these are "the main symbols of Russian statehood." On the same day, several protesters were detained by law enforcement officers.
One of the actionists, in an interview with the Daily Storm, noted that the performance was not timed to coincide with the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the main goal of the group members was to highlight the problem of sex minorities in Russia. Two days after the rally, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow arrested a member of the Pussy Riot group Alexander Sofeyev for 30 days. The activist was accused of repeated violation of the procedure for holding a public event.
Earlier, the creative director of Snob.ru and openly gay Davletgildeev announced that he was going to run for the State Duma elections.
