Lawyer Olga Pokrovskaya “accidentally” ended up on the list of extremists

On September 27, 2010, it became known that the prosecutor's office Petersburg officially recognized that the name of Olga Pokrovskaya, a lawyer and one of the leaders of the local branch of the party "Yabloko" was listed in the so-called "List of persons included in informal youth extremist associations" by mistake.

The fact that she is on such a list, Pokrovskaya learned from one of the local policemen.

The criteria by which these lists are created are unknown. By According to Pokrovskaya, they include representatives of opposition parties and social movements.

According to lawyer Yuri Schmidt, he does not know the legal grounds to create such lists.

Olga Pokrovskaya announced her intention to go to court.

Sources

• The prosecutor's office admitted that the police were embarrassed // Echo of Petersburg. 2010. September 27.