The verdict to Yuri Staroverov

On Tuesday, April 22, in the Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod (38 Plotnichnoye per.), The last meeting in the case of the leader of the regional branch of another Russia, Yuri Old Beloverov, who was accused of attacking the ensign of riot police Igor Lebedev, will be held during the dispersal by the Police of the Nizhny Novgorod Civil rally on September 15, 2012. The activist will perform with the last word. It is possible that at the same meeting, Judge Andrei Shutov will be sentenced. The beginning of the hearings at 9:30.

On March 21, during the debate of the parties, the state prosecutor requested four years of a colony-settlement for Old Believers under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (the application of non-hazardous violence to a representative of the authorities). The maximum sanction for this crime is five years in prison.

On March 26, representatives of the defense performed in the debate, as well as the Old Believers themselves. Activist’s lawyer Yuri Sidorov emphasized that even if his client had caused the pain “to the victim” Lebedev, this would be justified, since Old Believers acted as part of the permissible defense, protecting the photographer Ilya of Myaskovsky from the beating of the riot police.

The things with which Yuri Staroverov went to court on March 26. Photo: @starverv

Human rights activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky, who acts in the process of a public defender, concentrated, by his own admission, not so much on legal, as on a moral assessment of the circumstances of the case. This is the case, Dmitrievsky emphasized , "undoubtedly has great social significance, by which, as a pattern, they will undoubtedly judge the situation with justice in our region."

The human rights defender criticized Lebedev’s testimony, his colleague Alexei Borisov, who witnessed, as well as a key witness of the prosecution, activist of the “Young Guard” of United Russia, Vera Ischyatulina . In addition, he proved that the situation fraught with violence was provoked a few days before the rally by the deputy head of the city administration of Marina Kholkina, which refused The organizers of the rally in the coordination on February 6, 2013, the Nizhny Novgorod regional court recognized this refusal illegal .

“The conviction in this case would mean that justice has turned into its opposite,” Dmitrievsky remarked. “And this is an extremely dangerous situation for society.” He called on Shutov to "make a decision, guided by law and justice."

Staroverov himself, speaking in the debate, referred to an expert study of the video from the scene. Experts confirmed that the other Russia did not apply any violence to the riot police.

The trial of Old Believers has been going on since July 2013. The activist is under the subscription about the loss.

The last meeting in the case was supposed to hold on April 7, but Shutov postponed the hearing , because on the eve of another judge of the Nizhny Novgorod District Court, Vyacheslav Chigiev , sentenced the other Russia to seven days of administrative arrest for participating in April 5, inconsistent with the disagreement "for Russian spring in Ukraine." The requirement of the action was the occupation by Russia of the southern and eastern regions of a neighboring country.

He explained his decision of the jet by the fact that he did not want to deprive the Old Believers the opportunity to appeal the administrative arrest. The activist delivered to a meeting under the escort from a special receiver insisted on holding a hearing, stating that he was ready to refuse to filter an appeal. Shutov, however, refused to change the decision. “Then say that the court did not give you the opportunity to appeal. I don’t need it,” he explained.