Video shared by the Telegram news channel RusNews showed club-wielding police officers detaining those gathered at the square where the monument is located.
“I’ll walk on my own, just don’t hit me,” one woman was heard telling the officers.
RusNews identified those detained as former independent city councilwoman Svetlana Kaverzina, six activists and its own correspondent Sergei Volkov.
Activist Dmitry Sayakhov, reportedly experienced a sudden and severe spike in blood pressure inside a police van where all those detained were placed.
“[He] is having a seizure; he can’t sit or walk. I’m worried about my friend,” an activist told RusNews. Video from inside the van showed Sayakhov lying motionless on a seat.
