The court of absurdity

In St. Petersburg, the third month is considered the case of "fighting pillows." Students detained on June 10 on the Marse Field were the first victims of the new law on rallies, which was published only the day before - June 9.

The children are charged with "the organization of mass simultaneous stay or movement of citizens in public places that have entailed a violation of public order." They face a fine of up to 20 thousand rubles. The court seriously finds out whether the fluff was falling out of the pillows and what did the participants of the flash mob chande at the same time?

It is impossible to look at what is happening in the courtroom without a smile. The third meeting in a row Judge Yana Nikitin finds out: who was waving pillows, whether dusting arose on the Marse field and who was in the clothes of which color. The defendants do not look much more serious than the judge’s questions. One of the pillows, Vladimir Rodionov, according to his friends, “scored a bolt on this case” and does not go to court at all. Say, if they are awarded, he will pay a fine. Only two - Natalia Sheveleva and Artem Demeshkevich - got lawyers. Perhaps this is for the better. Because at the first meetings, while Demeshkevich did not have a lawyer, his dialogues with the judge looked something like this: "Is there a trial?" - "What is this?" - "Do you trust the court?" - "Yes, probably." “Will you have petitions?” - “And what? ..” Artem regularly goes to all meetings, but insists that the fluff did not fly from his pillow - he prudently put her in three pillowcases. The remaining participants in the battle with pillows decided to defend themselves themselves. From most performances it is clear that many were frightened by the police, since they had never encountered them before. The witnesses called to court confirmed that, having seen the police, everyone began to disperse quickly and generally tried not to approach the lawyers of the order. The organizer of the rally Rostislav Ionov raised and even entered into a dialogue with the police officer. He seemed to tell him that the guys were not violating anything. Ionov believed: "I promised that I would personally remove all the garbage."

18-year-old student Ivan Ivanenko, who also decided to defend himself himself, insists that he came with a pillow, but did not fight. He calls what is happening nonsense. “Parents reassure: the world court is not the end and it will be possible to appeal,” he says. The young man is forced to comprehend the basics of Russian justice, independently declares petitions. He is so trying that the judge sometimes tells him, while touching: "I am not entitled to consult."

Of those who decided to defend himself himself, 22-year-old Alexei Sherstyuk is the most adult and most responsible. Unlike colleagues in misfortune, who come, dressing in the weather, that is, almost on the beach, he is the only one who observes the dress code: a suit, tie, stitched shirt. He mastered the basics of legal proceedings: he is not lost at the word “petition”, turning to the “respected court”, gets up and asks to introduce photographs from the “field of battle”.

But even being fastened to all buttons, Alexei is noticeably nervous, because for him all this for the first time: "The detention from the very beginning shocked me and still does not let go." According to him, the flash mob was far from politics as much as possible.

Sherstyuk hopes that he will not have to pay a fine. However, if the outcome of the case is negative for him, some public organization promised to help.

The concentrated wool, at least such as he looks at the trial, is difficult to imagine fighting pillows. Nevertheless, the judge meticulously interviews witnesses: who and when saw Alexei on the Marse Field.

17-year-old Olya Ivanova (who, in her own words, fought only three m

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The fact that “the pillow is heavy, and I am small”) tells the judge that “I didn’t see Alexei in the battle, only on the eve, and then after the fight.”

The judge was interested in whether the accused looked disheveled at the same time, whether he held a pillow. The witness confirmed that the pillow really was, but the "bedding" did not break.

It is amazing how, listening to all this is nonsense about “dusting”, “teams of black and white”, etc., and the judge, and witnesses, and the accused have already managed to preserve incredibly serious faces in a row. The accused can be understood - they are not burned recidivists and they can be simply scary. And what drives a judge who clearly delays the process is difficult to say. At the meeting on August 6, the ensign Andrei Chekhov acted as a witness. He said that the decision to detain specific persons

Rinimal the senior along the along Sergey Kozlov. The latter was called twice, but never appeared. The judge sent him the agenda for the third time. The next meeting will be held on August 22.

The statute of limitations for this offense will expire on September 11. It is possible that the minister of Themis intentionally waits for the expiration of the statute of limitations in order to close the case.

As noted in a conversation with a “new” lawyer who once worked as an assistant to a justice of the peace, administrative cases are usually considered instantly. “I think the judge meets these people. You cannot explain such attentiveness with anything else, ”the interlocutor believes. - To tighten the process, you need to get out of the skin. It is very difficult. In the Central District, world plots are terribly loaded. At least one judge in a year is considered two thousand cases, the judge, who are opposed to the campaign at the Gostiny Dvor, has about 10 thousand cases. ”

PS Counts Flashmob lovers of their events intend to coordinate their events. The guys were already trying to get official permission to shoot a water pistol. “We went to the district administration, but we were sent to Vodokanal,” said the interlocutor of Novaya.