More than 100 people who participated in an unsanctioned rally in support of the Rohinj people were detained at the Palace Square in the center of St. Petersburg. About this "Interfax" on Sunday, September 10, said an informed source. According to the interlocutor of "Fontanka" in law enforcement agencies, about 130 people were delivered to the police departments. In their relation, protocols under article 20. 2 of the Administrative Code ("Violation of the established procedure for holding a rally"). Those who resisted detention will also be charged with the offense under article 19. 3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses ("Disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer"). Comments from law enforcement agencies have not yet been received. September 10, about 200 people went to the Palace Square for an unauthorized rally in support of Muslims in Myanmar. The situation in this country began to be actively discussed in the Russian media in early September. There, clashes between Muslims of Rohingja (considered an oppressed ethnic minority) and a local population that adheres to Buddhism. The number of victims of the conflict has recently exceeded 400 people.

September 4 in Grozny was a rally in solidarity with Rohinj, which, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic, has collected 1.1 million people. The day before, a spontaneous rally in support of this people was held near the embassy of Myanmar in Moscow. Hundreds of people came to the building of the diplomatic mission. The siloviki did not interfere in the situation, but they took the territory of the embassy under reinforced protection.

Original article: More than a hundred protesters in the center of St. Petersburg in support of Rohinj.