Crimean activist Bolshedvorov was arrested for 10 days

March 19, 2021

Crimean opposition activist Ilya Bolshedvorov was arrested for 10 days for filming a single picket that was held on 22 January. He reportedthis via his Facebook page.

"In the Central District Court of Simferopol, the CPE officers are present at the court session, without even introducing themselves. They are talking to the judge in the office and as a result, illegal arrest for 10 days. For filming a single picket. I consider this actions of police officers and court officials are illegal”, – he wrote.

Furthermore, Bolshedvorov said, that he and another Crimean activist Sergei Vasiliev “ were illegally detained for 5 hours by Crimean police officers, refusing to draw up a detention report”.

We remind that on  January 22 in Simferopol  the police  drew up an administrative protocol against the activist Sergei Vasiliev  , who held a single picket against the “Inaction of the prosecutor's office”  in connection with threats against him.   They also detained an activist Ilya Bolshedvorov, who was filming the picket. Later, Sergei was fined 5 thousand rubles.