Volga Kazulina: «Authorities themselves increases rating of opposition»

Volga Kazulina was set free with apologies after she had spent about hour and a half in the Central District Internal Affairs Department. No reports were drawn up.

“It would have been more advantageous for the authorities to let the meeting of entrepreneurs to be held peacefully, not to make so many arrests. They are only increasing the rating of the opposition with such actions,” Volga Kazulina, daughter of former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, said to the Charter’97 press center after her release.

It should be reminded that Volga Kazulina was detained near Kastrychnitskaya Square. Road police (GAI) stopped a car, where V. Kazulina and members of press service of Alyaksandr Kazulin were. Rolling by Kastrychnitskaya Square, where a meeting of entrepreneurs was taking place, they honked, showing their support of action participants.

During the examination of the car 5 copies of the newspaper of the United Civil Party were found without imprints. It became a cause for detention of V. Kazulina and her companions. The so called search took more than two hours, according to Volga. After that she was guarded to the Central District Internal Affairs Department.

In the department they tried to accuse Volga of “unlawful spreading of printing materials.” But after she spent more than hour and a half in the department, she was released with apologies for alleged “misunderstanding”. No reports were drawn up.