Global Marijuana March Russia True Story

... I realized that i would be busted when we were walking through Arbat, i get it because i
occasionally saw the cops truck. And when cops let us by in one place, but closed the way in
another i realized - it was an ambush. Crowd of fools...

...well i can understand this accident, but undercovered cops hunting on ganja smockers after
march...it is anarchy. I mean it is real police anarchy. I saw how cops were arresting people
just because of cannabis image on t-shirt...

... As one of the busted i can say that they arrested much more than they said. Only in that
police station there were about 30 people, all in the same room. Then came some people with
cammera, they made us name our names. I think it was people from Federal Drug Control Service
(FDCS). I left cop station only after 23.40, i was there from 16.30, and there still were 10
more people. We are all must go to court at 10am on 5th of april. It's interesting how many
people will go there after that torture: they let us go to toilet only after you beg them a lot.

P.s Brothers i think march was ok, maybe not so good, but there were a lot of repoters. Our
cortege is very famous now. Everything gonna be alright...

Before the 4th of may

Marijuana March in Moskow today will be anyway. Prohibited march will be on 4th of may. Vitaliy
Melnikov informed that moskow goverment put prohibition on Marijuana March.

"They said we are making people do drugs, boosting drugs to people, also they, as they said, we
are destroying human rights" - that is the Melnikovs words.

Organizators of this event have announced it before official answer of goverment, thats why
they are goingo to go to place where the march supposed to start.

Vitaliy Melnikov said "As sponsors of this event we must be there on 4th of May and meet all
the people who will come there. We dont know what are we going to do later. I hope everything is
going to be ok, i think there wont be any troubles"
Marijuana March is going to start on 15.00, near to statue of Bulat Okudjava.

Melnikov said that Global Marijuana March goes off in 350 countries all over the world, also he
said that nowadays this march is very popular and in big cities up to 1000 people are going to
join this event.
Vitaliy explained that they want "to stop lies about cannabis, stop censuring truth information
about cannabis, stop arresting marijuana users, legalise medical using of cannabis and allow to
produce textile and paper made of hemp"."We know that some people was busted because of
propaganda, but we are speaking about political requests wicj according to laws not appeared to
be a propaganda" - that what is said Daria Ocheret representative of "New drug politic" party.

Moskow goverment can get in a real trouble: people are going to go on Global Marijuana March
anyway.

Organizators said that they are not able o cancel march because the day before event the
internet site suddenly stop working and they were not able to publicize the prohibition on
Global Marijuana March.

After...

NTV company said that radilacs came to statue of Bulat Okudjava even after moskow goverment
didn't allow them to make a propaganda.
Everything gone wrong from the very beginning. The propogandists meeting and marijuana march
(wich was supposed to move from Arbat to Pushkin square) were forbiden. But rastamns and
marijuana users weren't going to cancel meeting and outdor party.

Organizators used prohibition to add some attention to march. For example they were giving out
brochures: on one side there was some info about prohibition, on the other - their watchwords.

The battle for legalize went this way: everebody decided not to wait for 3 pm. Suddenly someone
strarted drums, some people start dancing.
One cop tried to confiscate brochures, organizators said they are not making any meetings.

"We are organizators, and we were supposed to come to explain to people situation about march
and prohibition. This is not meeting, and this is not propaganda" - said Daria Ocheret.

On Arbat between souvenirs and foreigners was no fights. There was some smoke above the crowd.
And colonel Victor Zaharov made leader give a speach to the crowd. "This action was not allowed.
This decision will be appealed in court. We hope we'll be able to meet you again, but later.
Now, please go home" - that what she said.

Victor Zaharov, Moskow omon (swat) vice-commander: "It's not prohibited. Everybody got freedom
to choose. But what does it all lead to..."

Legalize fighters played cops false and moved to Pushkin square. Who now's why, but they met
police on Gogols boulevard. Cops cathed almost all the leaders.

People lost sense of direction and moved around Christs Church to Moskow River, at about 4 pm
police arrived to that place, some people run away but police arrested about 2 buses of people.
Buy the way they busted somed anti-drug agitators as well (because this people were in the same
crowd).
Maria Culeva (one of the leaders of the National Anti-drug union) said: "Marijuana first step
to heroin. Heroin is death, thats it".

Marhc has finished in Arbat police station (this is the place were all arrested people were
brought). Cops rejected offer to speak with journalists. Busted people will be fined.

"We just were speaking with reporters", - said Ocheret, which, as she said, was busted when she
was walking through Gogols boulevard to subway station "Kropotinskaya". Cops sad to her that she
is suspected as one of the leaders of prohibited march. She replayed that people came to Arbat
"because we were preparing this event for a long time and they just was not able to publicize
this prohobition". This march was supposed to be part of worldwide event. Organizators going to
go to court because, as they said, it is illegal to forbid meetings.

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