Imprisoned for a Support Group | Online Only | n+1 | Katrin Nenasheva, Anastasiya Osipova
The police showed up to the event. At first they were just interested in what it was we were up to. We told them that this was something like a support group—which was accurate, as it happens. They left and then returned with officers from the Criminal Investigation Department. There were three CID and two or three police officers. They started checking everyone’s passports. I was told that my passport was in improper shape—it was ripped, allegedly—and I needed to go see the police station so they could confirm my identity. I asked if this meant that I was under arrest, and whether I c...
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