// National-Bolsheviks climbed the roof of Nikulinsky court building
Action of Protest
Yesterday, activists from National Bolshevik Party (NBP) seized Nikulinsky court in Moscow. They hanged on the roof a makeshift poster: “Putin, leave by yourself!”
Action in Nikulinsky court was designed as protest against a sentencing of 39 members of NBP. On Dec. 14, 2004, these National Bolsheviks seized Presidential Administration’ reception building. On Dec. 8, 2005 they were convicted and sentenced to different terms –from 1.5 year of probation to 3.5 years of prison. Yesterday’s raid on Nilulinsky court was third “non-violent seizure” of the building by the members of officially banned party – on August 2, 2004 they raided Health Ministry Building.
Yesterday, around 3 P.M. a group of about 20 young men approached the court building and went up to second floor. There, they opened the windows, unbuttoned their coats to show their red shirts with the party symbol and walked out on the canopy over the court entrance. There they stood in the row, waived flags and chanted: “Russia without Putin!”, “Free political prisoners!”, “Down with police state!”
In the same time other group of NBP members climbed the roof using a fire escape. To prevent police from removing them from the roof, two young men hand-cuffed themselves to the fire escape. The rest of them stood on the roof – spread out the poster: “Putin, leave by yourself!”.
A little bit later, police arrived to the building. With some difficulties, police removed young men from the roof and the canopy, and delivered them to precinct “Ramenki.”
Later, the Prosecution Office of Western District published a statement where it said about raising charges against two members of NBP.
The leader of NBP Eduard Limonov confessed to Kommersant that “he learned about the action from journalists”, but he said: “The boys are great! They showed that they are not afraid. We are citizens and we have rights to express our political views.”
Ekaterina Savina, Kommersant
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