After the attack on Kitai-Gorod, the State Duma demanded an explanation for the detention of minors.
During a raid on Kiti-Gorod on November 7, the police arrested at least 150 young people, including teenagers. The head of the State Duma Committee for the Protection of the Family, Nina Ustenina, asked the head of the Ministry of the Interior, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, to explain the reasons for the arrests.
The deputy expressed concern about a possible violation of the rights of detainees, including minors, as well as unjustified arrests, for example, of those who were not drunk. Another issue concerns the possible use of physical force against young people.
The reasons for the arrest of the young men were not explained. Parents of minors did not receive immediate information about the whereabouts of their children and the reasons for their handover, and the access of legal representatives to the police departments was difficult. In addition, some detainees, including minors, spent more than three hours in wards and pallet carts.
Ustanina asks the Ministry of the Interior to report on the purpose and procedure of the attack, the total number of detainees and the number of minors among them. Separately, the deputy asks to find out about how many teenagers were subject to the protocols, how many were released without them and how many were registered.
Also, the deputy requests to check whether the police respected the detainees' right to a telephone call, whether they informed the parents on time, whether they explained the reasons for bringing them to the department and whether they kept minors separately from adults. Another question concerns reports of possible use of physical force against detainees.
In her appeal, Ustenina emphasizes that she supports the prevention work of the police, but sees the need to carry it out while respecting the rights of minors.