18:10, 25 February 2026

Yulia Melnichenko spent three hours in police custody after being detained at a picket.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko held a picket outside the Russian Prosecutor General's Office for the second day in a row, demanding punishment for the security officer who beat her brother and an end to the repression against her family. Security officers detained her and released her after three hours, assuring her that the Prosecutor General's Office would not pursue her case.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on February 24, Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko held a picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office demanding punishment for the security officer who beat her brother and an end to the persecution of their family. The woman was taken to the police station and released two hours later.

On September 11, 2025, Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko picketed outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow, after which she spent more than three hours in police custody. Melnichenko, who had previously unsuccessfully sought to open a case regarding the beating of her brother Rostislav by a security officer in Mozdok, faced threats and pressure from law enforcement officers. At the picket, she demanded an "end to the repression." After the picket in Moscow, an FSB officer summoned Melnichenko for a conversation, informing her that no action would be taken on her complaints . The circumstances of the case of the beating of Melnichenko's brother by a security officer indicate gross violations, the lawyer confirmed.

Yulia Melnichenko told the "Caucasian Knot" that today she again held a solo picket near the Russian Prosecutor General's Office with the same poster as yesterday (On February 24, the poster read, "They started with beatings. They ended with beatings, falsifications, fabricated cases, confiscation of property, etc. Or not? Stop the repressions," - note from the "Caucasian Knot").

According to her, 30 minutes after the start of the picket, she was detained and taken to the police station for the Tverskoy District.

"They released me now after three hours. At the station, they told me that the Prosecutor General's Office will never, under any circumstances, consider our complaints, and since "Solo pickets are not prohibited, but every time I go out to picket, the police will be called and I'll be detained for three hours," Melnichenko said.

These same words were also quoted by the Telegram channel "Aktivatika"*.

As a reminder, on October 30, 2025, Yulia Melnichenko was detained for her solo picket outside the North Ossetian prosecutor's office. Law enforcement officers accused her of violating the decree of the head of the republic on the procedure for holding public events, although this decree does not apply to solo pickets. On December 17, the court fined Melnichenko 5,000 rubles. According to her, the hearing lasted two minutes. In January, Yulia Melnichenko appealed the fine.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421116