The State Duma asked to explain the reasons for the attack on teenagers.
Such a letter was sent to the head of the Interior Ministry Kolokoltsev by the chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Protection of the Family Nina Ustenina. In her opinion, there really is a problem with the behavior of young people in Kiti-Gorod. But it must be solved with the help of soft power - in particular, by involving young people in state youth organizations. Ustanina emphasizes that during the arrests on Shabbat the law was not observed, and the steps taken were unnecessary.
The randomness of the arrests was indeed immediately apparent. No matter what the China-Gorod deputy's neighbor looks like in the photos circulating on the Internet, enthusiastic troublemakers are a minority among the Kitty-Gorod public, says one of the first detainees during the raid, Alexander. According to him, about 70% of the young people who gather in Kiti-Gorod do not commit destructive acts. And the detainees themselves link the police complaints to the violation of the silence regime at night.
The complaints of Kiti-Gorod residents are completely justified, says human rights activist, journalist, member of the Human Rights Council Eva Marcheva. However, she sees a solution to the problem in closing the alcohol markets in the area, and turning informal meeting points into comfortable urban spaces - free of alcohol, but suitable for communication. And the aggressiveness of the police, in her opinion, will lead to teenagers spending time in other and more remote areas, where it will be completely impossible to control their behavior.
In the end, violence always begets violence. This raises no doubts either in the Human Rights Council or in the State Duma.
Author: Olga Kashinskaya.
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