Quoting Putin and Medvedev: An activist who protested against a bas-relief of Stalin in the Moscow metro has been detained.

Sofia Bezmenova, a member of the "Society.Future" movement, was detained this morning on her way to work.

“I was detained at the entrance to the metro,” had time she reported. “I’m going to the 4th police station at Novoslobodskaya metro station. They want an explanation about the portrait of Medvedev next to the bas-relief of Stalin.”

How to clarifies According to the Telegram channel "Law & Freedom," Bezmenova is being charged with participating in the protest at the Taganskaya metro station.

Let us recall that on May 15, a copy of the bas-relief of Stalin, which was demolished in 1966 during the construction of the transition to the Circle Line, was unveiled there.

On May 16, two posters appeared here. The first featured a quote from Vladimir Putin about "[Stalin's] mass crimes against the people" and that "achieving results through repression is unacceptable."

The second poster contained Dmitry Medvedev’s assertion that not only Stalin but also “a whole series of other leaders” were responsible.

Previously, he was reported to the police for participating in the protest. was called A 19-year-old Moscow resident was asked to provide an explanatory statement and threatened with administrative liability for an unauthorized picket.
The Yabloko party has already Launched petition with demand The petition to remove the bas-relief of Stalin, which appears to be a "cynical disregard for historical truth," has attracted just under 1,500 signatures in just a few days.