The image of the young woman as a symbol of pro-democracy against Vladimir Putin's hardline autocracy has gone viral.
"I did not expect any feedback from anyone. I just wanted to remind them that we are here with peaceful purposes and without weapons, but they are not. It never even occurred to me that someone other than them would hear it," she said."Then, after the riot police pushed aside all the protesters, I sat on the ground and again began to read our constitutional rights, specifying that what was happening here was illegal.
The weekend's demonstrations were specifically to protest against the banning of opposition politicians from running in September's Moscow CityServicemen of the Russian National Guard walk on a street in front of the the mayor's offices during anrally demanding independent and opposition candidates be allowed to run for office in local election in September, in downtown Moscow on July 27, 2019.
The high school-graduate herself, whose father is a supporter of Putin, was allowed to walk away after the reading but was"There was not a rally or a crowd of people in this place. They grabbed my arms and legs and dragged me down the street and through the underpass," she said."She was held until the next day and said she will appear in court next month charged with attending a public event that was held without filing a notice.
The intensity with which the protesters were put down could be a worrying sign that the Kremlin has decided to use
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