Russian activist Igor Kochetkov told Reuters that he was among a group of 10 being detained in a St Petersburg police station on Monday, and that that another 10 had been transferred to a second location. "I was waving a rainbow flag, and was shouting 'Kadyrov should go to the Hague'," Kochetkov told the agency by telephone whilst in detention. Another activist who took part in the March explained that it was virtually impossible for people in Chechnya to draw attention to the abuse because of the danger they face. "It is hard for them to say 'Hello I am Chechen and I am persecuted in Chechnya' because they have relatives there," Alexei Nazarov told Reuters TV.На первомае в Петербурге задержали акцию в против убийства геев в Чечне pic.twitter.com/uV202NGD4b
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