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Several dozen people in Moscow joined demonstrations in support of protesters in Armenia. Many were arrested, and prosecutions have been brought against three of them. About 300 people took part in a protest in Moscow outside the Armenian Apostolic Church. About 40 protesters were arrested. They were subsequently sentenced to fines and community work by a court. Two days after the protest, it became known that charges have been brought against two of those arrested for attacking police officers, and one other has been charged with hooliganism. Most likely these are individuals that the police dragged violently out of cars. The incident was captured on video.
Charges of using violence against a representative of public authority (Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code) are not infrequently brought against those arrested against whom the police themselves used violence. Back in 2012, OVD-Info published a report on this practice.
