Seven people detained near the the Moscow Central Police Office at Petrovka 38 during #оккупаймур pickets are now held at Tverskoe Police Station. Two of them, Vadim Dergachev and Aleksey Sheremet'ev, were also detained during a protest at Petrovka in late May this year and sentenced to 2 and 5 days of administrative arrest. Today's arrests are the first detentions after the new law on meetings has been enacted. The new law imposes harsher penalties including fines of up to 300,000 rubles (roughly $9,000), and community service for participation in "unsanctioned" public rallies.
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