I t was awful. 20 December I came to the square just after midday. There were about 200 -300 people. Nobody had banners or anything that would demonstrate that they was protesting. After 30 minutes there were already 700-1000 people. And some of them held banners with funny pictures of Russian cars and political cartoons. At the end of both sides of the square there were about four buses. It was the SWAT. After about two hours of peaceful meetings they started moving around the square so that we were surrounded. Twenty minutes later I saw that a huge group of people in green helmets and black masks were moving towards the centre of the crowd. They arrested all the people who were holding banners; about 15-20 people. They forced the arrestees into Russian trucks. After 3pm I went home, it was very cold.

It was the main day of Russian opposition. While I was driving to center of Vladivostok I was stopped by police twice. They checked my documents on car and driving license. I had realized that that day would have been worth than last day. Because, actions were hold not only in Vladivostok. So, I came to the square at 12:00. After the 15 minutes they started to move around. There were lots of journalists and cameramen from Russian and foreign channels. People were walking around the Christmas tree with very good mood with "Happy New Year, Happy New Year". Nobody had banners; there were people who didn't know about the point of meetings... They started fight and grasp all people who were there no so far from them... They took journalists; they hit everybody they could catch... I was far away and lucky to escape again!"