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Ataka Leader Siderov  Detained for 72 Hrs

Sofia, November 17 (BTA) - Ataka leader Volen Siderov has been
detained for 72 hours, the prosecution authority said on
Tuesday. Ataka followers, who are waiting for their leader to be
 led out of the building, threatened not to allow the police to
take their leader to the remand centre. They chanted "Mafia" and
 "Fascists" and waved Bulgarian and Russian flags.

Siderov and his fellow MP Dessislav Choukolov are indicted for
an incident in which they burst into the building of the
National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts on October 25, the
night after the local elections.

Earlier in the day, Siderov was interrogated at Sofia's
Investigation Service. Later, he told followers that there was
dictatorship in Bulgaria. The alleged purpose of his arrest was
to remove him from the political scene.

Siderov said that the power of  [Prosecutor General Sotir]
Tsatsarov and [Prime Minister Boyko] Borissov will quite soon be
 shaken and this process will begin as of today, the day of his
arrest. He went on to say that the US Ambassador has instructed
Tsatsarov and Borissov to destroy him.
   
Siderov's lawyer Yavor Notev said that his client begins a
hunger strike as of Tuesday.