In St. Petersburg, the security forces disrupted the first evening of letters to political prisoners of the "People and Letters" project. The reason could be a denunciation. Police officers and masked people without identification marks arrived at the "Nora" area, where the project participants were about to write letters to political prisoners. The RusNews source said that the security forces arrived based on a denunciation, but it is not known who wrote it. The police collected the passports and did nothing for at least two hours. According to tg channel "Caution, Petersburg", there are no reports yet of arrests of participants or charges filed. It is not known if the evening's participants have been released. In the past, the "People and Letters" project held meetings in Moscow, including in Merhav Open, which closed in February 2026 after being added to the "foreign agents" register. In May 2024, the police arrested at least 16 participants in a letter night and another meeting there. Then the security forces arrived after a complaint by members of the pro-Kremlin Serbian movement. On October 30, the Yabloko branch in St. Petersburg held a similar evening and succeeded without police intervention: they managed to send hundreds of letters and postcards to political prisoners. According to the human rights project "Support for political prisoners. monument" in the Russian Federation there are more than 1,300 political prisoners, excluding those who are persecuted for religious reasons. The Russian authorities deny the presence of political prisoners in the country. Video: “Caution, St. Petersburg. ".

In St. Petersburg, the security forces disrupted the first evening of letters to political prisoners of the "People and Letters" project. The reason could be a denunciation. Police officers and masked people without identification marks arrived at the "Nora" area, where the project participants were about to write letters to political prisoners. The RusNews source said that the security forces arrived based on a denunciation, but it is not known who wrote it. The police collected the passports and did nothing for at least two hours. According to tg channel "Caution, Petersburg", there are no reports yet of arrests of participants or charges filed. It is not known if the evening's participants have been released. In the past, the "People and Letters" project held meetings in Moscow, including in Merhav Open, which closed in February 2026 after being added to the "foreign agents" register. In May 2024, the police arrested at least 16 participants in a letter night and another meeting there. Then the security forces arrived after a complaint by members of the pro-Kremlin Serbian movement. On October 30, the Yabloko branch in St. Petersburg held a similar evening and succeeded without police intervention: they managed to send hundreds of letters and postcards to political prisoners. According to the human rights project "Support for political prisoners. monument" in the Russian Federation there are more than 1,300 political prisoners, excluding those who are persecuted for religious reasons. The Russian authorities deny the presence of political prisoners in the country. Video: “Caution, St. Petersburg. ".