Alexander Kalinin

Affiliated media: Ladoga.ru, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 20, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel Detentions in St. Petersburg

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

The police detained Kalinin as he was leaving the cafe in a cab: he was allegedly swearing and disrupting public order. According to Kalinin, police officers called him an organizer of the September 18 rallies against unfair elections. On September 20, a court in St. Petersburg arrested Kalinin for three days under Part 2 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation for petty hooliganism. Kalinin was held for two nights at the police station until the trial.