Oleg Vorotnikov was released for a recognizance not to leave

On August 5, in Venice, a court was held on the measure of suppressing the activist of the famous art group “War” Oleg Vorotnikov. According to the War site, the collars were released on a recognizance not to leave for the duration of the process on extradition to Russia. The Italian lawyer Vorotnikov Giuseppe Romano said that he considers the court a court successful.

The last months of collars with his wife and two children lived in the squat of Exospizio Squat Santa Marta in Venice. The versions of how Vorotnikov was beaten on July 27, vary. According to the "War", Vorotnikov turned out to be a victim of an attack by the anarchist-whalers. The anarchists-whalers have issued a statement that, on the contrary, the collars are inclined to aggressive actions and the first attacked squatter with an ax.

One way or another, Vorotnikov ended up in a hospital with a broken head, he was “pierced on the bases” there and found that he was in the wanted list of Interpol. It is funny that different sources are not identically describing what Vorotnikov is accused of specifically.

The Investigative Committee claims that “the collars on the evening of March 31, 2011 near the house 49 on Nevsky Prospekt, being an activist and participant in an unauthorized rally, tore the uniforms from several police officers, which he threw on the roadway of Nevsky Prospect, after which he hit the employee of the 78th police department of the Central District twice, causing his physical pain.”

As the War Lawyer Dmitry Dinze and the Chairman of the Agora Pavel Chikov, there is another episode-was another episode-dousing of St. Petersburg policemen who delayed the participants of Strategy-31 with a certain liquid similar to urine. But no examinations confirming that it was urine was carried out.

Both investigators and human rights lawyers agree that Vorotnikova is accused under Art. 318 and 319 of the Criminal Code (the application of violence to a representative of the authorities and insulting a representative of the authorities).

Chikov believes that the court on the issue of extradition will drag on for many months and Vorotnikov has a chance to prove that he is persecuted in Russia for political reasons.

According to Dinze, the defense line has not yet been developed, since Vorotnikov left Russia in 2011, shortly after the opening of the criminal case.