From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 6/6/2007 12:40 PM 6.6.2007 08:42 MSK Marina Litvinovich detained in St. Petersburg RUSSIA, Saint Petersburg. On the morning of June 4, in St. Petersburg, at Moscow Station, Gary Kasparov's assistant, Marina Litvinovich, was detained and taken to a police station, reported Executive Director of the United Civil Front (OGF) Denis Bilunov. According to Litvinovich, she was locked in her sleeping compartment an hour prior to the arrival of the train from Moscow.
She was told she was on a " list for detention as an active participant in the March of Dissenters". Litvinovich was later released.
She had gone to St. Petersburg to testify in court on an administrative matter relating to the Petersburg "March of Dissenters" and Denis Bilunov. He was accused of "cursing in a public place". "My detention means that participation in the March of Dissenters protest actions is being treated as a crime by law-enforcement agencies ", said Litvinovich.
The "March of Dissenters" in Saint Petersburg took place on April 15, 2007. Before the march, on April 15, a group of participants from "Another Russia" was detained on a train that arrived in the city. Among those detained were Denis Bilunov, Marina Litvinovich, OGF members Aleksandr Yyklin, Yulia Galyamina and Aleksandr Osovtsov, and head of the St. Petersburg department of the OGF, Olga Kurnosova.
Translated by OM Kenney PRIMA-News Agency [2007-06-04-Rus-21] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2007/6/6/38362.html
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