A teenager was charged with holding an unauthorized assembly after being detained at a Harlem Shake flash mob in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
Vasily Zabelov, 17, is seen on a video on the Fontanka.ru website being led by two policemen to a police car following the flash mob, which drew hundreds to a site near the Galereya shopping center next to the Moscow Railway Station on Ligovsky Prospekt.
In answer to a question from a reporter asking what Zabelov was being detained for, one of the policemen in the video tells the reporter to contact the police’s press service.
Speaking on Tuesday, Zabelov said he was held for two-and-a-half hours at a police precinct before charges were pressed. He said that his case will be heard by the commission of minors’ affairs, rather than in court, because of his age.
He described himself as the event’s chief organizer, saying that he used some help from a friend to get sound equipment and a camera.
According to Zabelov, the event drew 300 people, who were then joined by passers-by, increasing the number to 500. He said he was a student welder at the Russian College of Traditional Culture.
Earlier, Zabelov told the RIA Novosti news agency that he faced a fine of 10,000 to 50,000 rubles ($325-$1,630) and that he would appeal to online communities if fined.
Zabelov said he took his detention “in a negative way.”
“In my view, the government should give people the right to relax and have some fun. It’s not a political rally or anything, is it?” he said.
Harlem Shake is an Internet meme that peaked in popularity last month.
Groups of costumed people gather unexpectedly at different, often unlikely locations across the world to perform a wild dance to the track “Harlem Shake” by American DJ and producer Baauer. Videos of the event are later uploaded to the Internet.
The police said that “policemen stopped the unsanctioned event,” Interfax reported, but the police’s claim was denied by Zabelov and other participants who say police stepped in after the event finished.
Two St. Petersburg residents were said to have called police, saying that that the event obstructed pedestrians.
In the past 12 months, St. Petersburg police have dispersed — and detained some participants of — a number of unlikely non-political events held by local teenagers. These included a pillow fight, a snowball fight and a Michael Jackson memorial event.
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WHY I GO TO THE SQUARE As they beat
Thais, a young photographer and video artist, winner of our contest video about the elections, " Eye for an Eye , "said OPENSPACE.RU about how she was beaten at the picket in support of Hope and Mary Tolokonnikova Alekhine (presumably - members of the group Pussy Riot) March 14 the building of the Moscow City Court. Barefoot beat her, Alexander, a member of the Presidium of association.
In his LiveJournal, he writes : "Although perhaps the next time still to be meat. Too many I called and they found fault that did not call. To arrange a lynching is quite possible - to collect 50-100 people, perverts dragged by the hair into the crowd and link up to the cops. And what is there in the crowd to make them fulyuhany - ktozh knows? ....
by the way received the full approval of his actions from the head of the AOC and Zhuravleva. Vsevolod Chaplin. True scolded me that matter ... but that was it, the emotions. "
We stood in solitary pickets, as expected, one at a distance of thirty meters. first came Nashi, easily recognizable by the level of intelligence. In addition, I have seen them before. They were, as always, with two cameras, asking provocative questions vile. For example, how we relate to orgies and when the next (but much more than a dirty word used). There is one among them is the vile, who parasite on Pussy Riot , he calls himself Dick Riot , and wears a black hat is the same. One of the commissioners as "Nashi" calls himself a "freelance journalist". He immediately began to insult me as a woman. Then, when it beat me, he, too, was detained under the hot hand. He sat there in the paddy wagon without the cap. Miserable so very afraid, and asked me to confirm that he did not attack, do not hurt me, even asked for forgiveness. I confirmed and he was released. But, in general, after the "Nashi" have appeared at some point, a man and a woman. They began to pour all of us with water, the water they had plenty of bottles in a bag. At the same time saying no, no, do not worry, this water is holy. If the request does not sprinkle it continued. Sprayed in the face. I now realize that this too was violence.
HERE
In his LiveJournal, he writes : "Although perhaps the next time still to be meat. Too many I called and they found fault that did not call. To arrange a lynching is quite possible - to collect 50-100 people, perverts dragged by the hair into the crowd and link up to the cops. And what is there in the crowd to make them fulyuhany - ktozh knows? ....
by the way received the full approval of his actions from the head of the AOC and Zhuravleva. Vsevolod Chaplin. True scolded me that matter ... but that was it, the emotions. "
We stood in solitary pickets, as expected, one at a distance of thirty meters. first came Nashi, easily recognizable by the level of intelligence. In addition, I have seen them before. They were, as always, with two cameras, asking provocative questions vile. For example, how we relate to orgies and when the next (but much more than a dirty word used). There is one among them is the vile, who parasite on Pussy Riot , he calls himself Dick Riot , and wears a black hat is the same. One of the commissioners as "Nashi" calls himself a "freelance journalist". He immediately began to insult me as a woman. Then, when it beat me, he, too, was detained under the hot hand. He sat there in the paddy wagon without the cap. Miserable so very afraid, and asked me to confirm that he did not attack, do not hurt me, even asked for forgiveness. I confirmed and he was released. But, in general, after the "Nashi" have appeared at some point, a man and a woman. They began to pour all of us with water, the water they had plenty of bottles in a bag. At the same time saying no, no, do not worry, this water is holy. If the request does not sprinkle it continued. Sprayed in the face. I now realize that this too was violence.
HERE
donderdag 15 maart 2012
vrijdag 2 maart 2012
dinsdag 3 januari 2012
Russian Art Group Voina Burns Police Car On New Years Eve (VIDEO)
"Who the fuck needs art when there are trash vampires, trash trucks and werewolves in uniform about? This fire engulfing the trash must be an Eternal Fire... Let's destroy all prisons! Freedom to all political prisoners! Feds don't fuck us - we fuck feds! Happy New Year, comrades! HERE
woensdag 21 december 2011
Art group "War" struck the core of living in a fast-food
action was called "Mordovia hour" held this month, the art group "War". The apotheosis of performance - and he's home - was throwing pets "on the other side of the fence." Armed with cats, as well as a desire "to attach to the layman the practice of contemporary art," the young artists visited the restaurant McDonalds. Abandoning animals over the counter, found a grateful audience actionists in the face of law-enforcement agencies personnel. Participation and advice "voynistam" helped the art group "fish is" - and they both belong to union street art. In turn, the "fish is" known to the project "Caravan of Dissent" , "War" has helped in carrying out the action , "White Line" . via
Kipish the bus number 23: The persecution of the Belarusian artist from the art group "Lime Blossom"
Mogilev authorities declared wanted by the well-known artist in Belarus Denis Limonov. Against it put forward the absurd accusation of kidnapping 14-year-old girl.In Mogilev, Belarus, sought artist Dennis Lemons. There is no doubt that the pressure on Limonov - part of the program Lukashenko zheskom counter any challenge. A few days before the persecution began, Lemons held in Mogilev bus campaign "Kipisha." Dennis chose the speaker's rostrum as public transport, and appealed to his compatriots: "Cease to fear! Be the citizens!"
Video documentation campaign had some resonance in Belarus, and within a few days after the authorities began to search the calculations Limonov. Limonov tells companion to "Lime Blossom": "A couple of days [after the campaign] called me a Zagorsky Eugene, presented the district whether Lenin, the Does the October police station. I started to look for Dennis Limonov. I said, on what issue. He said that Limonov there in the bus rattled off something supposedly normal everyday problems. " Limonov, knowing about the hunt for him, did not come home, and police do not able to arrest him. But after a while the Belarusian authorities have invented a new reason for tracking down Dennis: now they are trying to blame him for missing 14-year-old girl. Sam Dennis wrote: "Cid compost relatives every day for 5 times." It is clear that the accusation put forward to "legitimately" Limonov hide behind bars, having secured the Belarusian citizens from further "rocking the boat" by the artist. So, now faces criminal Denis Limonov article and a real time conversation with a passenger bus on Belarusian politics and appeal " do not be afraid. " Belarusian activist art portal about business by Denis
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maandag 19 december 2011
Brezhnevization (& "alcoholization") in the Motherland
Brezhnev’s Lurking Phantom:
After 2012, Russia May Come to a Similar State as the Late Soviet Union, Experts Predict. HERE
maandag 12 december 2011
zondag 4 december 2011
Russian Elections: Electoral fraud in the polling station number 2501..and more!
Electoral fraud in the polling station number 2501! Chairman of the commission fills the ballot! Article 142 of the Criminal Code: Falsifying election documents, documents of the referendum) is certainly incorrect counting of votes or knowingly incorrect determination of the election, referendum, violating the secrecy of voting, if these acts were committed by a member of the Election Commission, the initiative group or referendum commission - punishable by a fine from five hundred to seven hundred times the minimum wage or salary or other income for a period of five to seven months, or imprisonment for a term of four years.
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donderdag 1 december 2011
donderdag 24 november 2011
Russian company to name alcoholic drink after Muammar Gaddafi
Russian company Alexandrovy Pogreba (Alexandr’s Cellars) is going to produce and sell an alcoholic drink in Russia named after Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the internet paper Marker said on Wednesday. MORE
donderdag 17 november 2011
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