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You can't stop this measure
The Smolensk Regional Court rejected the complaint about the extension of the arrest of the activist of another Russia Taisiya Osipova, Radio Liberty reports. “I would like to be satisfied with our complaint,” the lawyer Natalya Shaposhnikova said on the eve of the complaint, “then there will be no this pressure, and the repeated process will be held in a different style. After all, we will actually consider the case again.”
On March 13, the court extended the period of maintenance of Taisiya Osipova in custody. "The Smolensk District District Court, who began on Tuesday, to a new consideration of the Osipova criminal case, previously sentenced to ten years in prison for the sale of drugs, at the first open meeting extended the deadline for her arrest," said lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina. Now Osipova is in a pre -trial detention center in Smolensk. According to the lawyer, the defense is still counting on a change in the preventive measure, since the defendant suffers from a number of serious diseases and has a five-year-old child.
On February 15, the Smolensk Regional Court canceled the verdict of Taisia Osipova for the unreasonableness of the accusations and underplaceability, the case was sent for a new consideration to the district court. At the same time, the period of the Osipova detention was extended until March 15 ( 
In January, President Medvedev said that Osipova’s sentence is too cruel. “Ten years are a lot, even if it is to blame. I am ready to request documents from the prosecutor's office and give orders to figure it out,” the president said at a meeting with students of the journalism faculty of Moscow State University.
At the hearing, the representative of the prosecutor's office announced the insolvency of the accusations on a number of episodes and asked to reduce the term of up to 4 years. In turn, Osipova’s lawyers Svetlana Sidorkina and Natalya Shaposhnikova listed numerous violations of the law during the investigation and consideration of the case in court. According to Sidorkina, such methods of conducting a preliminary and judicial investigation pose a threat to the whole Russian society. The judge interrupted the lawyer, saying that the courtroom was not an area for a rally.
Osipova herself claims that her criminal prosecution is associated with the political activity of her husband, a member of the Executive Committee of "another Russia" Sergey Fomchenkov. Speaking at the cassation on the video, Osipova emphasized that her criminal case conducted the same employees of the Center for Combating Extremism, who since 2000 pursued her and her husband for political activities. After the defense was performed, the provocateurs in the courtroom shouted Osipov - drug dealer, they were taken out of the hall. The court of the court was picket by Prochrevsky youth movements with posters for the last time "and" The opposition is burning on drug delays. "
Journalists and civil activists from Moscow came to support Osipov - participants in the “Blog -Tour” automobile in support of the political prisoner. Last summer, activists of another Russia held a sedentary strike at Solovetsky stone in Moscow with a demand for the liberation of Osipova. After the sentence, a series of single pickets in support of the Smolensk political prisoner was held at the Moscow metro stations. In the public campaign for the liberation of Osipova, the art group "War", the leader of DDT Yuri Shevchuk and others took part in the public campaign. Shevchuk recorded a video message to the judge of the noble. Osipova is listed in the list of 29 political prisoners, which members of the Organizing Committee for Honest Elections were transferred to the Presidential Council for Human Rights. The requirement of the release of political prisoners is on the first point in the resolution of rallies on Bolotnaya Square and Sakharov Avenue.
Osipova was arrested on November 23, 2010. At her house, police officers found five bundles with an unknown substance and the lazy banknotes. Osipova claims that drugs were thrown to her. In addition, a few days before the search, according to the arrested, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs invited her friend to write a statement that she bought from Osipova drugs. The defense of Osipova insists that the accusation was built on lies of the employees of the Center "E" and witnesses - activists of the pro -Kremlin youth movements. Osipova suffers from diabetes, pancreatitis and a number of other serious diseases, she has a six -year -old daughter.
Video Dmitry Zykov
Photo from the courtroom