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Investigative Committee to evaluate Pushkin Square rally calls for disturbances

The detectives are studying the recordings from street cameras and questioning rally participants and policemen who stood guard on the square at the rally moment

MOSCOW, March 6 (Itar-Tass) —— The Russian Investigative Committee will give a judicial evaluation to the calls for disturbances and breach of law made at the Pushkin Square rally in Moscow on March 5, Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

“The Moscow main investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee is holding an initial investigation into the calls for disturbances and breach of law made on Pushkin Square on March 5 pursuant to Part 3, Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code [appeals for active disobedience to lawful demands of public officers and disturbances],” Markin said.

He said the detectives were studying recordings from street cameras and questioning rally participants and policemen who stood guard on the square at the rally moment.

“A procedural decision will be made upon the end of the inquiry,” he said.