Gave less than they were afraid

On Monday, August 18 in Zamoskvoretsky District Court sentenced another four accused in the “swamp case”. All of them were accused of participating in the riots and violence against the police. Alexey Gaskarov and Alexander Margolin, who did not plead guilty, were sentenced to three and a half years in prison in a general regime colony. Ilya Gushchin (partially pleaded guilty) - to two and a half years in prison in a general regime colony (punishment - below the lower limit assigned to him from the crimes). Elena Kokhtareva (fully pleaded guilty) - by three years for three months imprisonment with a trial period of three years.

In court and next to him, the atmosphere of the planned, inevitable injustice reigned. Supporting the next “swamps” came many times fewer people than for a winter sentence in the “case of eight”. One protest banner was hung from the roof of a residential building opposite, the second was deployed by the court. Beginning to chant something dragged into autozaki. One of the coordinators of the “people in civilian clothes” who helped the police in uniform was a large mustachioed man in a nationalist T -shirt. Many suspected him of the ZHZ-user of the prosecutor. A few years ago, he led a blog in which he described his service in the FSB, as well as participation in nationalist and pagan actions.

Kokhtareva with a tied St. George ribbon listened to the verdict, standing near the department, behind which witnesses spoke during the process. She looked extremely tired, closer to the end of the judicial speech, she was hard to stand, and she leaned on the bench. Gaskarov was sentenced to a T -shirt with a fist, breaking the swastika. Gushchin and Margolin did without political messages on clothes.

Gaskarov, Gushchin and Margolin listened to the verdict in a cage in handcuffs, surrounded by a dense ring, staring at them by the police. No exclamations, comments - only sometimes contemptuous grin on their faces were visible while Judge Natalya Susina described their "atrocities."

The judge decided not to tire the audience. Despite the forecasts that the verdict will be announced in the evening, she began to read it on time and met about three hours. Everything was predictable: the mass riots were, the guilt of the accused was confirmed by video recordings, certificates found by the clothes in which they were May 6, 2012, etc. Protection evidence is insolvent, the accused are biased on May 6 and try to evade responsibility, their statements do not find confirmation. But, of course, the positive characteristics from the places of work to the case need to be attached.

After the verdict, the OTD-info correspondent talked with several participants in the “Swamp process”.

Sergey Sharov-Delone , public defender in the “Eight” :

Thank God, Gaskarov was not given in full, as everyone was afraid (the prosecutor asked for 4 years-the OVD-info). Three and a half years are shocking for Margolin, against which there are actually no serious accusations and which has two young children. This is absolutely not taken into account by this significant mitigating circumstance. He is really the only breadwinner. Let's hope something can be done on appeal. And so, well, you understand, this is the expected disgrace. Perhaps in the verdict more emphasized - in comparison with the “business of eight” and the business of Sergei Udaltsov - the thesis about the legality of any police actions was sounded. A number of defense examinations were marked. For example, an examination of the shirt (we are talking about the examinations of psychologist Vladimir Rubashny, who studied the characteristics of the character and the state of the accused-the ATS-info) was taken into account in the “eight”, and today it is recognized as unacceptable evidence. That is, no efforts of protection, the most qualitatively made, do not go through. "

Olga Gushchina , mother of the convict :

Everything was expected, even a little better. Sit my son for another year. Of course, we will appeal. I do not count on it, but you just need to do it, that's all. Of course, we will ask about UDO. But this is already from the zone, and, they say, for this should pass for three months. I feel relief. They stood like this with Kiryushka, the youngest son, clung to each other - so that they would not give anymore. The deadline he received is considered below the lower. The process itself passed, as always, ugly. Is it better for us? The first wave of “swamp business”, sorry ... I already followed the first wave when I could, went.

Sergey Panchenko , GUSHNOCK Lawyer :

We did not hope for a conditional term. The sentence is softer than our expectations. But we will be forced to appeal it, because with the main conclusion of protection, the absence of signs of mass riots, the court did not agree. Gushchin did not admit his guilt in participating in the riots. Despite the fact that, according to Russian concepts, the court loyally reacted to the Gushchin, I think the complaint will still be filed, this question cannot be the subject of bargaining. But I have not talked about it with Gushchin yet. What he received below the lower limit, I think, is caused by his position under the 318th article-that he still recognized in his actions the presence of a crime. Although we constantly claimed that he did not perform all those actions that he charged him: he did not pull the police officer, did not strike him. Judging by the deadline, in fact, the court agreed with us.

Elena Kokhtareva , convicted :

Investigators came to me and ask: was it on May 6? Was. Threw? Threw? Pushed? Pushed. Subscribe? I will sign. After some time, I found out that these are such articles. Who believes that there were riots, who - no. I did not focus on this at all. Everyone rested on it. Punishment for me? This is probably the best that could be. For boys, of course, this is unfair. I was scared when they started reading that, here ...

None of the guys will be treated like me. I am subject to bursts of emotions - investigators will remember me for a long time. In general, this court is not what Russia needs today. Our government and the president. I was even visited by the idea that this was specially provoked against the president and government. If these arrests had finally stopped, there would be an amnesty, the opposition movement would have subsided half. Many, like me, would rush into literature to understand what is happening in Russia, where we are moving.

In connection with the events on Bolotnaya under the same articles as the four sentences of nine people were sentenced to the four. Maxim Luzyanin received the maximum term in the “swamp case”: despite the fact that he fully pleaded guilty and concluded an agreement with the investigation, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony (as it became known to the OVD-info from anonymous sources, Luzyanin was currently transferred to a colony-settlement). Four years of the colony - by such a period, the former chairman of the Zamoskvoretsky court Natalia Nikishina (currently recommended to the Moscow City Court) sentenced one of the accused in the “case of eight” Sergey Krivov; Later, the Moscow City Court reduced his term by three months. By three years, Andrei Barabanov was sentenced to seven months. Three defendants in the Eight case - Alexei Polikhovich, Denis Lutskievich and Stepan Zimin - received three years and six months each, as much as Margolin and Gaskarov. Artyom Savelov and Yaroslav Belousov Judge Nikishin sentenced to terms below the lower limit - two years seven months and two years, six months, respectively; Later, the Moscow City Court reduced Belousov for a term of three months, in early September he must be released.

Alexandra Naumova, also convicted by Nikishina in the framework of the “Eight”, received a suspended sentence, the same as Kokhtareva now - three months with a trial period of three years.

Another participant in the events in Bolotnaya Square, Mikhail Kosenko, was accused by the same articles, however, according to the 318th article, he was the only one who was the use of violence that is life-threatening and health (part 2, not 1, like the rest). Since Kosenko was registered in a neuropsychiatric dispensary, and according to the results of the examination of the Center of the Serbian, he was recognized as insane, the Zamoskvoretsky court sent him for forced treatment to the psychiatric hospital. Later, the Moscow City Court supported this decision, and Kosenko was transported from a pre -trial detention center to a psychiatric hospital No. 5 near the city of Chekhov near Moscow. On July 11, he was released, since the Chekhov City Court granted the hospital’s request to transfer Kosenko to an outpatient regime.

In the pre -trial detention center, Dmitry Ishevsky is located - the only accused in the “swamp case”, whose trial has not yet been brought in. The arrest was extended to him until November 6.