(AWD News) Russian performance artists were being held by police on Tuesday after throwing holy water at the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square and shouting "Rise up and leave!"
The men were held overnight in a police station and were awaiting a court hearing after the protest they carried out on Monday, an Orthodox holiday, a spokeswoman for OVD Info, a website that monitors detentions of activists, told AFP.
The men were being charged with petty hooliganism, which carries a punishment of up to 15 days in police detention, the site said.