Thank you for sharing this important story. I'm grateful to read accounts from detainees in their own words, and to learn about community support efforts.

[One very minor correction about an unimportant detail: the Russian rock band on the activists' mix is Kino (Кино), not KNHO.]

(This post sponsored by my toddler who listens to the Nutcracker March approximately 78 times per day. The number would be higher but we parents have decided that 79 is simply ridiculous.)

Please, please, please take this as another reminder to get involved with a local org, it is important to have your neighbors back. My neighborhood has a mix of open and shut places, many open are raising money with local orgs. Check out what people in your town/city/neighborhood are doing