Case 402_27

402_27 interference 27. At 1.55 p.m., five minutes before the demonstration started, the police began apprehending the participants, including Mr Fedorov, Mr Prokopenko and Ms Levina, on the grounds that they had used foul language. At 2.30 p.m. the police escorted the applicants to a police station, where administrative-offence reports were drawn up under Article 20.1 § 1 (“petty hooliganism” – мелкое хулиганство) of the Code of Administrative Offences (“the CAO”). The administrative-offence report in respect of Mr Fedorov was drawn up at 7.50 p.m. and he was released at 8 p.m.; the report in respect of Mr Prokopenko was drawn up at 4.05 p.m. and he was released at 7.05 p.m.; and the report in respect of Ms Levina was drawn up at 5.25 p.m. and she was released at 6.50 p.m.