Putin transferred money to pay a fine for a rally on Poklonnaya Gora

A fine of 1 thousand rubles for the exceeding the number of participants in the action was paid on Saturday by the organizer of the rally on Poklonnaya Gora in support of the current authority of the Patriots of Russia party Nadezhda Korneeva. Money to pay for a fine through the People’s headquarters was transferred by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, Interfax reports.

“The matter is not in total, the amount is not great. But he provided moral support to those people who advocated the country and those who supported him. We are grateful to him for this,” Korneeva said after paying for a fine at the bank.

A week ago, February 4, shares of both opponents and supporters of the current government were held in the capital. The opposition held an authorized procession from Kaluga Square in Yakimanka and a rally on Bolotnaya Square. The response to the opposition was an “anti -orange” rally on Poklonnaya Gora. According to the metropolitan administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, instead of the declared 15 thousand people, more than 130 thousand took part in it, which is an administrative offense.

Putin, while on that day with a working trip in the Chelyabinsk region, said that he was ready to make money for exceeding the number of a rally that took place in the capital in his support.

On Friday, the world judicial site number 206 of the Moscow district Dorogomilovo fined Korneev as the organizer of the rally on February 4. She was charged with Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation - “Violation of the established procedure for the organization or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket”, which provides for a penalty of up to 2 thousand rubles. However, when sentencing, the court took into account all the circumstances, including her guilty as a mitigating circumstance.