The opposition Yulia Glimina was arrested in Kazan.
As her lawyer Rim Sabirov told the "Word of Defense" project, the politician will remain in police custody until the hearing in court. It will probably take place on Monday. Glimina is accused under an administrative section of disobeying the police.
Glimina herself reported on her Telegram channel that she arrived in Kazan as a tourist, and was met at the dock by five employees of the "E" center who demanded her mobile phone. They said she was on the list of "extremists and terrorists". The politician denies it. According to her, she agreed to come to the police station under threat of force.
From 2017 to 2021, Yulia Glimina was a municipal deputy of the Timiryazhevsky district in Moscow. In September 2022, she was added to the "foreign agents" list. In February 2024, she announced that she was ceasing public activity due to the threat of criminal prosecution. In recent years she has been engaged in educational activities, giving lectures on democracy and local self-government.