In Chisinau, a "Ukrainian" was pushed out of a concert by a runaway from Russian singers

In Moldova, at a concert runaway from The Russian performer Monetochka * (Elizaveta Girdymova *) had a conflict over the Ukrainian flag, which was demonstrated by one of the spectators. The guards demanded that he be removed, as a result, the offender was taken out of the hall with the use of physical force.

The incident occurred on October 23 at Chișinău Arena. Nikita Grimovich, a 27-year-old resident of Durlesti, came to the concert with his wife and "a small flag of Ukraine", "as a sign of support for Ukraine and protest against the war." They were let through at the entrance: the guard did not notice the flag in his wife's bag. Later, in the street smoking area, the employee asked to "make sure that the flag was not visible," citing "space tolerance."

"During one of the songs, after the audience chanted "No to war" **, my wife raised the flag at head level and just held it. About four security guards in unmarked black jackets approached us and asked us to go out into the corridor. They demanded to hand over the flag, otherwise they would expel us," Grimovich complains.

The conflict began to escalate after he started arguing, claiming that the regulations stated: "banners, posters, flags are allowed."

"They tried to take away the flag and push us out. The wife was arguing in raised tones. She was pushed once, then twice. She spilled a drink on herself and emotionally threw a plastic cup with the remains at the guard. He, by the look of it, wanted to hit her, but in front of witnesses he pushed her again — she fell. I pushed him in response when he went to her," the offender said.

After that, the Ukrainian patriot was pressed face down to the floor, his hands were twisted and taken outside. He claims that he did not actively resist, because he understood that "it would be worse." At the same time, his wife remained inside the building.

Outside, Grimovich says, they "held his hands behind his back," there were threats to close his mouth and "now we will speak differently." After that, he called the police, whose crew arrived about 20 minutes later.

"The police said they could not go inside with weapons, we filled out paperwork on the hood. We were asked to write a "declaration", not a "statement","the "Ukrainian" was indignant.

At the same concert, another group of listeners had their "No War" poster confiscated by security.

Commenting on the situation, representatives of the company guarding the event explained that they "acted according to the rules": if prohibited items are found, the visitor is offered to remove them or deposit them until the end of the concert, if the item is found later, they are asked "politely and peacefully" to resolve the situation, and if the visitor refuses, "they are asked to leave the event space."

*An individual performing the functions of a foreign agent

**An organization whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation