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The court refused Alekhina to Udo
The Bereznikovsky City Court refused the parole of Maria Alekhina, according to Peter Verzilov. Pussy Riot and her lawyers Irina Khrunova and Oksana Darova did not participate in the meeting. On the eve of Alekhina, she announced a hunger strike in protest against the court’s refusal to ensure her personal presence in the trial.
Judge Mikhail Shagalov appointed lawyer Yevgeny Bardin to represent the interests of Alekhina. However, Bardin, who appeared at the meeting, said that he refused to join the process without the consent of Alekhina, and also considers it impossible to meet without her participation.
Nevertheless, the judge ordered Bardin to participate in the process against his will. The judge also decided to continue the process without the presence of the convict. After a short break, the parties acted on the merits. Bardin asked to free Alekhin. He referred to the decision of the Constitutional Court, according to which parole cannot be due to the recognition of the convicts of his guilt. He also mentioned "respected and famous people petitioning."
The prosecutor Lev Tashkinov began his speech with a comment on the inadmissibility of the appointment of a lawyer without the consent of the client. “The court has his own opinion on the role of a defender,” the judge answered and invited the prosecutor to read his opinion on the case. The prosecutor asked Udo to Alekhina not to apply, since she "did not take the path of correction." The representative of the colony also opposed the liberation of Alekhina, referring to the violations of her regime. After the speeches, the judge left for a decision.
The lawyers Khrunov and Darova turned to the chairman of the Perm court in protest against the illegal appointment of defender Alekhina. "Both yesterday and today, Maria made it clear that she did not intend to participate in this process, so she will also refuse the services of a state defender," Khrunova said. She noted that the lawyer for appointment is necessary for the court to create the visibility of the legality and adversarial process.
Lawyers Alekhina refused to participate in the process. This is a position agreed with their client. Alekhina herself refused to enter the video with the court, said the acting The head of the colony. The judge several times announced a break to decide on the participation in the case of a lawyer who would represent the interests of Alekhina.
On the eve of Alekhina, she announced a hunger strike, refused to participate in the process and forbade her defenders to represent her interests in the process. After Alekhina’s statement, a break was announced in the meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, the judge rejected Alekhina's petition for personal participation in the hearing. She stated that the colony administration exerts pressure on it and prevents full participation in the trial. Then Alekhina declared a discharge to the judge. Shagalov refused to take the challenge. He also refused to satisfy Alekhina’s petition for the challenge of the prosecutor. She motivated the requirement that the prosecutor was experiencing her personal hostility.
Letters to the court in support of the application for Udo were sent by Archpriest Alexy Uminsky , musicians Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith . The court agreed to introduce these documents to the case. On Wednesday, it became known that Sir Paul McCartney wrote letters in support of Alekhina and another Nadezhda Tolokonnikova convicted in the Pussy Riot case. Both were sentenced to two years in colony for punk-grab in the XXS.
The IK-28 administration did not recommend the court to satisfy Alekhina's petition for Udo. On Monday, the Perm Regional Court canceled one of the penalties imposed on Alekhin in the colony. Thus, the court partially satisfied her complaint about the decision of the Bereznikovsky city court, which in February recognized two of the four penalties legal. As a result, only one penalty for a late rise remains in force.
In January, the court rejected Alekhina’s petition to postpone the punishment until her son reached the 14th anniversary. In March, this decision was confirmed by the Perm Regional Court.
Another participant in Pussy Riot to Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, serving a sentence in Mordovia, the court refused too at the end of April ( 
On April 17, lawyer Irina Khrunova sent the Moscow City Court to the chairman of the Moscow City Court Olga Egorova a supervisory complaint against the verdict in the Pussy Riot case. Egorova did not exclude that the sentence could be softened.