Police finally detained former Sverdlovsk deputy Mikhail Borisov for laying flowers in memory of Nemtsov.

68-year-old politician detained for 48 hours for “organizing an uncoordinated public event.”

February 27, the anniversary of the murder Boris Nemtsov, former regional council deputy and former chairman of the regional branch of the now-liquidated PARNAS party was delivered The police were called to the police station for laying flowers at a monument to the victims of political repression. However, they were unable to detain Mikhail Borisov because he is a voting member of the precinct election commission and is classified as a "special subject" (he can only be deprived of his liberty with the approval of the regional prosecutor, which the police did not have).

As a result, the politician was released home on the condition that he appear on March 11 for a report to be drawn up. According to his lawyer Alexey AntonovToday, after the protocol was drawn up, Borisov was detained for 48 hours—pending a response from the prosecutor's office regarding the possibility of trying the electoral commission member under an arrest charge.

Along with Borisov, the head of the Sverdlovsk Memorial was also taken to the police station on February 27. Alexey Mosin - court appointed He was sentenced to 9 days of arrest. During the hearing, the police major Otar Amoev He stated that one can commemorate a deceased person at home or in church, but not on the street with flowers.