Freedom for Eduard Limonov!

Statement from the Bureau of the Solidarity movement

On November 12, 2009, the leader of the National Bolsheviks, Eduard Limonov, was sentenced by magistrate Olga Zaitseva to 10 days of administrative arrest and a fine of 1,000 rubles for participating in the next “March of Dissent.” He was charged with “disobedience to the legal demands of police officers” and “violation of the established procedure for holding a rally.”

It is absolutely obvious to us that this decision has nothing to do with justice, was made under pressure from political authorities and, as a result, is regarded by us as an extrajudicial execution. We consider such acts of intimidation of representatives of opposition organizations unacceptable. We protest against the cynical use of the Law as a tool of pressure on the opposition and insist on the immediate release of Eduard Limonov.

We demand an investigation into the official activities of Magistrate Olga Zaitseva. We warn all representatives of the Russian judicial system about their responsibility for making illegal decisions in fabricated cases and for unleashing judicial terror against Russian citizens.

It seems symbolic to us that Eduard Limonov received a real sentence for a trumped-up offense on the day the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly was announced. Now we seem to guess what kind of “modernization” Dmitry Medvedev is talking about.

Freedom for Eduard Limonov! Freedom for political prisoners!