In Kharkov, hundreds of pro-Russian activists rally outside the courthouse in defense of the detainees
Kharkov, April 09 (Navigator, Olga Nikolaeva) – Several hundred protesters demanded the release of activists detained by the police during the purge of the Regional State Administration at the building of the Kyiv district court of Kharkov. Today the court must choose a preventive measure for them.
Sergei Kirichuk, one of the leaders of the Borotba movement, reported this to Navigator from the scene of the event.
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According to him, a trial of 64 detainees will be held in Kharkov today.
The protesters have not yet been allowed into the court; the first car has arrived at the scene; it is believed that the first of those detained are in it.
People are chanting “Freedom for the defenders of Kharkov!” Among the protesters there are many people who came from the cities of the Kharkov region.
According to Kirichuk, the detainees, who were supposed to be taken to the Kyiv pre-trial detention center, after passing through the city of Chudov, were returned back to the Kharkov pre-trial detention center.
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