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Le chef du Parti national-bolchevique Edouard Limonov et une quinzaine de membres de sa formation ont été brutalement interpellés dimanche à Moscou au cours d'une manifestation non autorisée contre le Premier ministre russe Vladimir Poutine, a constaté une journaliste de l'AFP

MOSCOW (AFP) — Police arrested Russian radical leftist leader Eduard Limonov and up to 20 other activists at an unauthorised anti-government demonstration in Moscow, said an AFP journalist at the scene.

Riot police arrested Limonov as soon as he arrived at the Triumphalnaya Square, where the protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had been due to take place.
A small group of demonstrators had shouted, "Liberty for political prisoners," before being arrested.

Le chef du Parti national-bolchevique Edouard Limonov et une vingtaine d’autres opposants ont été brutalement interpellés dimanche à Moscou alors qu’ils tentaient de manifester contre le Premier ministre russe Vladimir Poutine.

Edouard Limonov a été appréhendé par la police anti-émeute dès son arrivée sur la place Triumphalnaïa où un rassemblement non autorisé devait avoir lieu..

Eduard Limonov was among at least 10 people seen being grabbed by police and dragged into buses as they tried to protest in Triumph Square.


Before the planned protest, the square was ringed by hundreds of police officers _ some in riot gear _ and cordoned off by metal barriers for a bike trials competition that authorities said had been organized in advance.

OMON, riot police officers detaining banned National-Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov, left, and another participant, no name given, during an unsanctioned protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Triumfalnaya (Triumph) Square in downtown Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 31, 2009. Russian Police detained prominent Kremlin critic Limonov and several other people who tried to hold the protest on Sunday. City authorities had refused to grant opposition groups permission for the demonstration, but Limonov's group and others said they would go ahead with it anyway.

Les journalistes avaient été tenus à distance par les forces de l'ordre.

Moscow police have caught a Bond, but not the James Bond. A senior US embassy official named Bond was allegedly detained at an unauthorized opposition rally on Saturday in central Moscow.

The news comes from popular Russian blogger Norvezhsky Lesnoy, who caught the man waving his diplomatic ID at policemen on camera. It lists him as “R.K. Bond, Second Secretary, Vice-Consul of the Embassy of the United States of America”.
He was reportedly detained along with over 50 other participants of the rally and was consequently released.
The US embassy in Moscow told RT that political officer Robert Bond was an observer (1), not a participant, at the demonstration. "The Embassy routinely sends Embassy officers to observe demonstrations, meetings and other political events. He was not arrested by the police,” the official comment reads.
Police say the rally was not authorized because a military festival had already been scheduled for the same place at the same time.
More than half of those detained are thought to be from the pro-Kremlin youth movement (2)“The Young Russia”, who were trying to stop the demonstration.
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Mme Alexeeva, lauréate cette année du prix Sakharov attribué par le Parlement européen, a été arrêtée avec brutalité. La police anti-émeute avait reçu un ordre par talkie-walkie: "embarquez-là!", a constaté le photographe.

...Les manifestants ont été appréhendés sur la place Triumphalnaïa,

La police russe a arrêté jeudi des dizaines de militants de l'opposition réunis dans la principale rue commerçante de Moscou

Le chef de la diplomatie française, Bernard Kouchner, a jugé aujourd'hui "excessive l'attitude des forces de l'ordre", qui ont interpellé dimanche des militants pacifiques des droits de l'homme, dont le directeur de l'ONG Memorial, Oleg Orlov, lors d'un rassemblement à Moscou.

"Je regrette la réaction des autorités municipales face à la manifestation organisée le 31 janvier à Moscou par plusieurs associations et mouvements d'opposition en faveur de la liberté de rassemblement", a déploré le ministre français dans un communiqué.
Il a affirmé que "de nombreuses personnalités connues pour leur engagement pacifique pour les droits de l’Homme, dont Lev Ponomarev et Oleg Orlov, ont été interpellées".

"Cette attitude des forces de l'ordre de Moscou apparaît excessive", a ajouté M. Kouchner, qui "réitére tout particulièrement" son "soutien personnel au directeur du Centre des droits de l’homme de l’ONG Mémorial, Oleg Orlov, détenteur du prix Sakharov 2009", qu'il qualifie d'"inlassable défenseur des droits universels et fondamentaux, unanimement estimé pour ses combats".

"Je reste attentif à sa situation personnelle, comme à celle de tous les défenseurs des droits de l’Homme en Russie", a souligné le ministre français.
La police russe a interpellé dimanche une centaine d'opposants qui se sont réunis sur la place Trioumfalnaïa, dans le centre de Moscou, pour manifester en faveur de la liberté de se rassembler pacifiquement.

Les directeurs de l'ONG Mémorial, Oleg Orlov, et du mouvement Pour les droits de l'Homme, Lev Ponomarev, étaient parmi les personnes interpellées.

Veronese a écrit: Précisions- 02/02/2010 à 22:25
Bernard Kouchner ne semble pas savoir que l'interdiction de la manifestation et l'interpellation des cent participants est de la responsabilité du maire de Moscou, que des manifestations ont eu lieu dans d'autres villes sans interpellations et que tous les interpellés ont été relâchés deux heures après
Il ne semble pas savoir non plus qu'il n'y a eu aucune violence policière et que l'on na pas vu, par exemple, un manifestant perdre un oeil en raison de tirs de flash-ball à quelques mètres.

fredng1 a écrit: Il n'a pas besoin de savoir tout ça ! - 02/02/2010 à 23:25
La seule chose qu'il voit, c'est le nom de Oleg Orlov. En ce sens, ces 100 manifestants ont bien réussi leur communication en se débrouillant pour se faire arrêter quelques heures. La mairie de Moscou avait autorisé la manifestation mais en proposant d'autres lieux.

Arthur a écrit:http://zyalt.livejournal.com/293396.html#cutid1

Photo 15: . К слову о театре. Эта девушка легла на асфальт и, на радость фотокоррам, начала биться в истерике. В принципе, никто ее не трогал. Зато на фотографиях все будут думать, какие милиционеры жестокие, девушку избили.

No major disruptions spoiled the first authorized opposition rally attended by at least 800 protesters on Triumfalnaya Ploshchad on Sunday evening, but riot police suppressed all attempts to take their protest outside the designated venue.

Dozens of protesters tried to prolong their anti-Kremlin protests as they left the square, unfurling banners on Sadovaya Ulitsa and Tverskaya Ulitsa, but were stopped by riot police. At one point, a group of police officers chased after activists on Tverskaya, blocking street traffic.

The rally attracted at least 800, and possibly up to 1,000 to 1,500 activists, according to the estimate of a Moscow Times reporter. Ekho Moskvy and Gazeta.ru each put the figure at 1,000.

City authorities signed off on the rally last Monday on the condition that the number of participants was restricted to 800. The opposition had wanted 1,500 people. Police said 800 activists and 400 journalists showed up, RIA-Novosti reported.

About 200 supporters of opposition leader Eduard Limonov refused to participate in the authorized event because of the attendance limit and tried to stage a separate rally.

Limonov's supporters lit flares, chanted slogans including “Russia without Putin,” “This is our city” and simply “Freedom,” and used power tools to try to dismantle a fence around a construction site on part of the square.

But riot police roughly pushed them into the venue for the sanctioned rally, not sparing journalists caught in the tussle, including a Moscow Times reporter. Only about 10 people, mostly those with flares, were detained, Ekho Moskvy said. A police official later told Interfax that some of the 30 people who marched toward Barrikadnaya metro station were also detained.

The sanctioned rally concluded without major disruptions. Among the speakers were leading environmentalist Yevgenia Chirikova, rights activist Lev Ponomaryov, liberal politician Boris Nemtsov and other leaders of the Solidarity movement, including Ilya Yashin.

“For the first time we are squaring our shoulders as we speak about things that we deem important,” Yashin said in his speech at the rally. “Those who were recently arresting us must now listen to our slogans.”

Pro-Kremlin youth movements staged a blood drive on the downtown square on Sunday morning, but the event — which has often been used by City Hall as a pretext to ban the opposition¹s attempt to rally at the same venue — did not clash with the evening rally.

The opposition has tries to stage rallies on Triumfalnaya Ploshchad and in other cities across the country on the 31st of every month since 2009 to call attention to Article 31 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly.

No rally was every sanctioned by City Hall under Mayor Yury Luzhkov, but his successor, Sergei Sobyanin, appointed in mid-October, changed the policy on condition that no more than 800 people gather.

The condition caused a split among the rally's co-organizers, with Limonov accusing rights veteran Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who agreed to the limit, of “betrayal.”

Alexeyeva along with rights champions Ponomaryov and Oleg Orlov appealed to Limonov last week to join the sanctioned rally, but to no avail.

Alexeyeva, 83, attended Sunday's rally. Alexeyeva vowed not to attend any more of the rallies after police broke up the previous rally on Aug. 31 following a refusal by Luzhkov's City Hall to authorize it. She cited her age and frail health for her decision.

Police treated Alexeyeva roughly at an attempt to hold a similar rally on Dec. 31, sparking international condemnation.

Meanwhile, several people, mostly Limonov supporters, were detained in St. Petersburg on Sunday for trying to stage a similar rally on downtown Nevsky Prospekt. The rally, unlike in Moscow, was not authorized by city authorities.

Des dizaines d'opposants ont été interpellés à Moscou et à Saint-Pétersbourg au cours de manifestations non autorisées en faveur de la liberté de rassemblement et contre l'homme fort du pays Vladimir Poutine, ont constaté des journalistes de l'AFP. A Moscou, plusieurs centaines de manifestants ont scandé "La Russie sans Poutine" et "La Russie sera libre!". Ils ont jeté en l'air des papiers sur lesquels était imprimé le logo 31, en référence à l'article 31 de la Constitution qui garantit la liberté de manifester.

Le journaliste de l'AFP a constaté au moins cinq interpellations aux abords de la place Trioumfalnaïa, lieu traditionnel des manifestations de l'opposition.Les opposants ont contraint les policiers à déplacer les barrières et les détecteurs de métaux pour s'approcher d'une autre manifestation organisée sur cette place par des ONG de défense des droits de l'homme et qui a été pour la première fois autorisée.
Ces manifestations organisées à Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg par différents mouvements d'opposition et des défenseurs des droits de l'homme ont lieu tous les 31 du mois depuis un an. Elles sont d'habitude violemment dispersées.

A Saint-Pétersbourg, deuxième ville russe (nord-ouest) une soixantaine de personnes ont été interpellées alors qu'elles tentaient de brandir la Constitution, a constaté une journaliste de l'AFP. Environ 300 manifestants se sont réunis dans le centre-ville pour un rassemblement non autorisé scandant "Liberté!" et "La Russie sans Poutine".

Arthur a écrit: "aux abords de la place Trioumfalnaïa"
La manifestation était autorisée sur la place et s'est déroulée dans le calme.
Mais visiblement cela ne convenait pas a certains qui ont essayes de poursuive la manifestation sur la voie publique, a la recherche de la "bonne" photo ou l'on verra un policier interpelle un manifestant...

Потом были перекрытия Садового Кольца, и тоже без особых эксцессов. В общем
непонятно, как жить дальше. Если все будет проходить так же мирно, как сегодня, придется искать другие темы для съемок - эта банально станет никому не интересна.

The riot police kept their batons sheathed – but as Moscow’s opposition enjoyed a rare official rally it’s the enemies within who are disturbing the peace.
Eduard Limonov, leader of Drugaya Rossiya and a long-serving organiser of “Dissenters’ Marches”, is now threatening to take fellow activists to court.
And the row has overshadowed what should have been a triumphant day for oppositionists, as the first ever sanctioned Strategy 31 rally went ahead on Triumfalnaya Ploshchad.
Betrayal
Limonov railed against his erstwhile comrades, accusing fellow human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva of betraying the cause as police tried to impose a limit on the number of people attending the demo.
“They (the opposition negotiators) stood there and watched from behind the fence as our people were dragged, beaten and hauled across the asphalt,” railed Limonov. “This cannot lead to anything good, and we didn’t have this even in the worst times of Strategy 31,” he told Interfax. “We will complain the actions of the police and of the human rights defenders in court.”
“The system of human rights defence that has evolved [here] cannot exist any longer…It is rotten, it is at its end. They have cast their comrades aside,” he lamented.
Divisions in the ranks
Alexeyeva negotiated the earlier cap of 200 up to the permitted 800 but Limonov and his supporters said this was still not enough and demanded 1,500 people. At the rally they tried to move on to the cordoned-off territory in the centre of Triumfalnaya Ploshchad.
They cut down part of the fence and tried to light fires but were stopped by the police and arrested, Lenta.ru reported.
“Several people on the outskirts of Triumph Square tried to light a fire to disrupt the sanctioned rally. Police detained a few provocateurs,” said police public relations head Viktor Biryukov. The 38 arrested have since been released, NewsMSK reported.
Limonov was himself arrested but some of his supporters left the designated area and set off down the garden ring towards Barrikadnaya chanting anti-government slogans, RIA Novosti reported. Riot police arrived in buses and blocked them off, Lenta.ru reported, although by 7:45 pm a small bunch was leaving Barrikadnaya metro station brandishing banners about Putin’s “dictatorship”.
At the start of the rally members of Limonov’s Drugaya Rossiya (Another Russia) were kept separate from the other protestors, who there under the auspices of Alexeyeva’s Helsinki Group, Memorial and Za Prava Cheloveka (For Human Rights). The barrier between them was removed later on and the two groups came together.
The official count was 800 protestors, Lenta.ru reported 2,000 and Limonov 3,000. The meeting was “the first step under the new mayor Sergey Sobyanin’s regime towards resolving the situation over Triumfalnaya Ploshchad,” Alexeyeva told RIA Novosti.