Two Moscow nationalists jailed for 14 days over protest banner

Two nationalists were each sentenced to 14 days of arrest following an event at the President's Administration building. The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow imposed 14 days of administrative arrest on nationalists Vladia Parshin and Egor Gruzdev for 'disobedience to police'.

Consensus

• Two activists, Vladislav Parshin and Yegor Gruzdev, were sentenced to 14 days of administrative detention by the Tverской District Court in Moscow.
• The sentence was for 'disobedience to police requirements' under an administrative code.
• The protest took place on August 13 near the Presidential Administration building on Staryy Square.
• A banner reading 'Freedom to the prisoners of RKN' was displayed during the protest.
• The protest was in support of three other activists—Mikhail Chuyanov, Grigory Shakirov, and Kirill Kryvjak—who are in pre-trial detention on hooliganism charges.
• The three detained activists were accused in connection with a February protest at the Roskomnadzor office.
• The February protest involved blocking the entrance with a bicycle lock and displaying critical signage.
• The protest was organized by the party 'Another Russia E.V. Limonov'.
• Parshin and Gruzdev were detained after the August 13 protest.
• They refused to comply with police orders to go to a police station.

Points of divergence

• The activists were prosecuted because they displayed a banner in support of three nationalists detained for hooliganism and held in pre-trial detention due to a February protest at the Roskomnadzor headquarters. — mediazona
• The protest was organized by the party 'Another Russia of E.V. Limonov', and the three detained activists were held for nearly half a year in pre-trial detention. — tg_sotavisionmedia

Coverage (2 sources)

• Two Moscow nationalists given two weeks of arrest for action 'Freedom to prisoners of RKN' at the presidential building — Медиазона
• Two nationalists sentenced to 14 days of arrest after rally at the presidential administration building — SOTAvision

Key entities

• Roskomnadzor
• Egora Gruzdeva
• Moscow
• Tverskoy District Court
• Old Square
• Presidential Administration
• Parshin
• AP
• Limonov's Russia

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