Samutsevich complained about her former lawyers

Pussy Riot participant Ekaterina Samutsevich asks the Lawyer Chamber to “affect” his former lawyers Nikolai Polozova and Violett Volkov, Kommersant reports . Samutsevich claims that they do not return her keys to the apartment and a passport, and also refuse to transfer documents on a complaint to the ECHR to her arrest.

Samutsevich filed a complaint with the Law Chamber of the Moscow Region, which consisted of former lawyers of Pussy Riot participants. “At the time of the detention, there were no documents with me. On March 15, 2012, I handed over the keys to the apartment and told her where my passport was located. After my release, I repeatedly addressed the written requests to Volkova and Polozov with a request to return the keys and documents to me, but they ignored my requirements,” the text quotes the issue of the complaint quoted.

Samutsevich also claims that former defenders refused to transfer it to the new team of lawyers on a complaint in the ECHR filed in June. “These documents are really necessary for further work through the ECHR and protection, and the passport is an important document for any person,” the new lawyer Samutsevich Sergey Badamshin explained to Kommersant.

In addition, Samutsevich asks the Law Chamber to evaluate Volkova’s professional behavior in connection with her conversation with Father Samutsevich after the termination of the contract. This meeting was recorded by the participants in the "Term" project, and the video was posted on the Internet. “The feelings that Volkova’s conversation with my father are difficult and painfully described. He is forced to listen to the lawyer’s claims and does not find that she would answer phrases like“ We have not received a penny! ”,“ Protection of others will be impossible, she will drown everyone, ”the Volkov said to rectify the situation with her and I consider this behavior to Volkova and I consider this behavior to the wolf. humiliating, ”writes Samutsevich.

Samutsevich asks the chamber to take the “disciplinary impact” measures to lawyers and provide assistance in returning it to documents and keys. If the chamber discovers in Polozov’s actions and Volkova violation of the Code of Professional Ethics of a Lawyer, then they may face a comment, prevention or deprivation of a lawyer status.

On December 8, Violetta Volkova, in her blog, called the message a message about the refusal to return documents on a complaint in the ECHR. "The deadline for appealing the arrest was not missed. The documents were submitted to the ECHR on time and correctly. The court was not rejected. It remains to appeal the last June arrest, the appeal period of which expires in January month," Volkova wrote.

On November 26, Polozov said that former lawyers of the Pussy Riot punk group will not give any comments on the case. He said that he, Volkova and Mark Feigin fulfilled all obligations to the girls and are now waiting for the signing of the final act. “Once again, I personally turn to Ekaterina Samutsevich and lawyers with a request to get in touch so that we can transfer all the documents they need to appeal to the European Union,” said Polozov. He added that information about holding the former defenders of the Samutsevich passport and keys is a lie.

On October 1, in the Moscow City Court, on the consideration of cassation for the verdict to the Pussy Riot punk group, Samutsevich said that she refuses lawyers' services, since her position does not coincide with their position in the criminal case. The rest of the defendants in the case Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina did not object to the replacement of the lawyer, explaining that "Samutsevich responded." The defense of the accused was also not against it.

On October 10, the Moscow City Court replaced Samutsevich’s punishment with a conditional with a trial period of two years. The sentence to two other Pussy Riot participants was upheld. The choice of the new lawyer Samutsevich was not affected by the decision of the Moscow City Court, the judge Yuri Pasyunin later said, who considered the case in the cassation as part of the judicial board.

On November 19, lawyers stated that they were stopping the protection of the rest of Pussy Riot participants. "In connection with the huge public resonance and pressure that is on our clients, Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikov, we decided to get out of the case," Polozov said then.