11:53, 25 February 2014

Volgograd hosts solo pickets against verdict on "Bolotnaya case"

Volgograd, July 26, 2012. Picket in the Lenin Square in support of the defendants of "Bolotnaya case". Photo by Tatyana Filimonova for the "Caucasian Knot"

On February 24, Volgograd was the venue of a series of solo pickets against the verdict in the so-called "Bolotnaya case", Boris Stikhin, an activist of the International Union of Anarchists, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

The pickets were held in the Alley of Heroes, near the metro-tram station "Komsomolskaya" and near the Gorky Library, said Stikhin. The action was organized by three picketers, who held posters with activists' portraits and inscriptions: "Artyom Savelyev, 34 years old; painfully grabbed by arm – 2 years and 7 months of colony", "Yaroslav Belousov, 22 years old; threw a lemon – 2 years and 6 months of colony", "Andrei Barabanov, 23 years old; bit the OMON fighter's vest – 3 years and 7 months of colony", and others.

"The action was organized by members of the International Union of Anarchists, the Left-Wing Front and sympathizers," said Stikhin. "I think that the 'Bolotnaya case' is just the beginning; and we'll see further tightening of measures against the opposition," said the anarchist.

Author: Tatyana Filimonova

Source: CK correspondent