Our group of about thirty people made it to the Central Election Commission. There was a police cordon there. A police colonel said, “Give us a group of ten representatives.” So we picked ten people. The police said, “We’ll escort you.” Fine, escort us. After that, they led us around the corner and, saying, “You’ve got no business carrying all these petitions,” shoved us into a police van. They just offered to release Gaidar. She refused to leave without everyone else.
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