Another participant in the action to seize the Foreign Ministry reception in 2008 was interrogated in Moscow

On February 8, 2012, “Other Russia” activist Olga Komarova was brought in for questioning by an investigator of the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow in a case brought against her under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a prohibited organization). Later, Komarova was released on her own recognizance. Komarova was detained on February 7 during the “Stop the Dictatorship!” rally at the Central Election Commission. Unlike other participants in the action, she was left overnight at the police station because, as it turned out, she was put on the wanted list in connection with the resumption of proceedings in the case of participation in the banned NBP.

Let us recall that in 2008, activists Alena Goryacheva, Nikolai Avdyushenkov, Kirill Unchuk, Dmitry Putenikhin, Dmitry Manets, Olga Komarova, Evgeny Donets, Ekaterina Kushnir, Anton Stradymov, Mikhail Klyuzhev, Tatyana Kharlamova, Andrei Kopeikin and Maria Koleda were convicted under Art. 20.1 and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (petty hooliganism and disobedience to the order of a police officer) for the action to seize the reception room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received prison terms of 3 to 5 days. A case was also brought against them under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 for participation in the activities of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), but only four of them - Nikolai Avdyushenkov , Kirill Unchuk , Dmitry Putenikhin and Dmitry Manets - were sentenced under this article.

Let us also recall that at the end of January, another participant in the action at the Foreign Ministry reception, Tatyana Kharlamova, was brought in for questioning.

We consider the persecution of Other Russia activists for participation in the activities of the banned NBP to be unfounded. From our point of view, the ban on this organization as extremist was unlawful.

Sources

• Another activist of the “Other Russia” will be tried for seizing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs // Natbol.ru. 2012. February 8.