In St. Petersburg, the "process of twelve" began

Photo: Valentina Romanova/Publicpost

In Russia, for the first time, they are judged for belonging to a political party. Judge of the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg Sergey Yakovlev examined at a preliminary hearing the materials of the criminal case of the accused of committing a crime under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organization and participation in the activities of extremist") with respect to 12 members of the other Russia party.

Today, supporters of Eduard Limonov met Judge Yakovlev and senior assistant to the prosecutor Filimonova. The defense stated two petitions: one about the return of the case to the prosecutor, due to the not indicated period of the crime, which violates the right to defense; The second about the termination of the case in a number of episodes, in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations. The prosecutor objected. The court retired to make a decision at the petition, appointing the next meeting on April 24.

The lawyer Gleb Lavrentiev, after the trial, explained to the PublicPost correspondent some nuances on objections from the prosecution: "The prosecutor does not know the CPC well, introduced the new term" continued crimes ", which is neither in law nor in judicial practice." According to the further prospects of the process, Lavrentiev added: "We will fight. We are confident in complete innocence and we will prove it."

The leader of the unregistered party "Another Russia" Andrei Dmitriev told funny moments from the case: "I am charged with administrative violations of all: Vladislav Ivakhnik crossed the road to the red light (offense), which expressed the ideology and practice of the prohibited NBP and implemented this under the organizational principle of Dmitriev." The case has been brought to obvious absurdity, ”said Andrei Dmitriev, the leader of the St. Petersburg Detrosks, the leader of the St. Petersburg Gorodisov.

Activist Ravil Bashirov believes that "power eliminates political activists." In his opinion, the process is "this is a rehearsal of an even greater process on the scale of the whole country, the main goal of which will be Eduard Limonov." "We are ready to turn the process not only into the political, but also into ideological, and to defend the right of the National Bolshevik ideology of existence. The prosecution party insists that the National-Bolshevik ideology is already a crime in itself. We will defend the freedom of political views in Russia!" He added.

“I believe that the beginning of the trial right now it fits into the logic of the development of events after Putin’s elections. We see that after March 5, things began to be initiated by“ extremist articles ” - it is enough to mention the names of Arkady Babchenko and Andrei Kolomoisky. That is, the elections have passed, and you can not be shy. In this regard, the case of“ other Russia ”is important and because we will be condemned, first of all, others are followed, others are followed, and others are followed, and others are followed, Eduard Limonov and other “DR” activists can become a target, then it will come to the former DPNI and the Slavic Union, and there - and the liberals from the “solidarity” and leftists from the left front, therefore, on our process, we will fight not only for ourselves, but also for the political freedom of Russia as a whole, ”Dmitriev summed up.

After April 24, 2012, meetings will be held in May twice a week.

The background of the "process 12 "

The case was opened in October 2010. It reached the court only after a year and a half of the investigation. In the case, the most active members of the unregistered party "another Russia" who took part in civil protest, such as "Strategy-31" are held. In November 2010, a series of searches was held in the apartments of activists - computers and literature were seized.

According to Publicpost, the process participants, the special services conducted a special operation to initiate a criminal case: in the summer of 2009, operatives who provided the premises for the meetings were introduced into the “other Russia”. The room was listened, there was a video surveillance. The same "introduced" testified. The 13th accused in this case, the National Assembly Sergey Porokhova fled to Finland, where he asked for political asylum.

Accused in the case:

Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code

Dmitriev Andrey Yuryevich , 32 years old, higher historical education. He came to the first court session with his wife and with a little daughter.
Pesotsky Andrey Alekseevich , 28 years old, higher economic education, is a candidate of economic sciences, married.
Marochkin Alexey Borisovich , 27 years old, the leader of the music group "Union of Creating", is married.

Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code

Bashirov Ravil Khalilovich , 30 years old, higher legal education, and dependent eight -year -old son.
Milyuk Andrey Nikolaevich , 26 years old, a graduate of St. Petersburg "Voinmeha", married.
Ivakhnik Vladislav Sergeevich , 24 years old, higher historical education, married.
Khrenov Roman Yuryevich , 25 years old, higher pedagogical education, married.
Petrov Oleg Alexandrovich , 24 years old, secondary and special education, married.
Yashin Alexander Mikhailovich , 28 years old, unfinished higher education, is married.
Mammadov Vadim Alikperovich , 25 years old, higher education.
Boykov Igor Andreevich , 29 years old, higher education.
Zentsov Alexey Sergeevich , 30 years old, unfinished higher education, is married.