The judges are having fun

Many are horrified by the actions of Moscow magistrate Olga Borovkova, who sentenced Boris Nemtsov to 15 days of arrest, Konstantin Kosyakin and Vladimir Tor to 10 days, and Ilya Yashin to five. But Evgeny Dvoryanchikov, who presided over the court of the Zadneprovsky district of Smolensk on January 21, outdid her, so much so that it takes your breath away. For activist of the local branch of The Other Russia, Taisiya Osipova, he extended the period of detention not for just a month or even three months, but for six months at once - until July 6. Osipova was detained on November 23. At her home, police found five packages with an unknown substance and marked banknotes. A criminal case has been opened for drug possession. Osipova’s friends and associates are sure that the drugs and marked bills were planted on her. They connect the case with the activities of Osipova’s husband, member of the executive committee of “The Other Russia” Sergei Fomchenkov. Meanwhile, Osipova is sick with diabetes and pancreatitis, but Dvoryanchikov rejected the request for a medical examination. It is known that the diseases from which she suffers were included in the list of diseases approved on January 14 that are incompatible with being under arrest. The judge also ignored the fact that Osipova has a five-year-old daughter.

Borovkova, meanwhile, is also making interesting decisions. As the Kasparov.Ru website reported on the morning of January 24, with reference to United Civil Front activist Alexander Khatov, by order of Borovkova, bailiffs stormed the house of civil activist Tatyana Kadieva in order to forcefully bring her to court. Kadiyeva apparently did not please the judge by being the loudest in expressing her dissatisfaction with her decision in the case of Left Front coordinator Sergei Udaltsov, whom she sentenced to 15 days of arrest last December. Udaltsov was detained at the end of an authorized anti-Putin rally on Pushkin Square on December 12. The judge ignored the words of defense witnesses and refused to include video footage of the arrest in the case. Kadieva shouted “Shame!” in the courtroom, and the bailiffs even then tried to detain her, but her comrades fought her off.