Protect the defender

The Central District Court of Chita overturned the decision of the magistrate who found Marina Savateeva, the organizer of the picket in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, guilty of violating the established rules of picketing and acquitted the accused. A picket in support of the ex-head of YUKOS took place on February 8 in Chita. The action was declared as a single picket, but the police counted several participants and opened a case under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses against four people, three of whom have already been acquitted.