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The court sent Ildar Dadin under house arrest
Ildar Dadin, accused of “repeated violations at rallies,” was sent under house arrest for two months. The issue of a preventive measure was considered on February 3 by the Zamoskvoretsky Court.
The prosecutor's office applied for a ban on the use of the Internet and telephone. The investigation, in turn, demanded that Dadin be placed in custody in a pre-trial detention center.
house arrest A criminal case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations at rallies) was opened against Dadin on February 2, after he served 15 days of administrative arrest following his arrest on Manezhnaya Square.
January 15 Article 212.1, which provides for punishment of up to five years in prison for four sentences under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses within six months, was added to the Criminal Code in the summer of 2014. The first case under this article was opened on January 16 against a Muscovite, the second against Mark Galperin. Ionov is under recognizance not to leave the place, Galperin is serving an arrest for a “repeated” violation at a rally (under the sixth part of Article 20.2, also in the Code of Administrative Offenses with a bill on “improving the legislation on rallies”).
included 75-year-old Vladimir Ionov, 46-year-old 30-day member submitted on February 2 to the human rights center Memorial, criticizing new sanctions against participants in the protests and demanding the abolition of “punitive legislation.” “Previously, one could talk about systematic violations of the right to freedom of assembly. The new norms of the criminal and administrative codes do not simply violate this right, but rather completely abolish freedom of assembly in Russia,” the statement said.