A court in St. Petersburg fined ten participants in the anti-corruption action on March 26

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined ten participants in the anti-corruption campaign on March 26 for 10,000 rubles each. about this with reference to human rights activist Dinara Idrisov. writes Mediazona

All activists were found guilty under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by a participant of a public event of the procedure for holding it. As activist Anastasia Burakova wrote on VKontakte, on November 2, they considered the cases of those whose protocols were sent back to the police after March 26 because of violations. According to her, the judges denied defenders all petitions, except for the admission of representatives.

“A queue gathered at the entrance to the court: earlier than 9 am, the guards did not let visitors in according to the instructions. Further, a long and thoughtful examination of each person entering the building was carried out. At 9:10, when the defenders from Open Russia, together with their clients, finally managed to get into the courtroom, the judge read out the decision with a calm look. Guilty under Part 5 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses,” Burakova said.