Planting in "spring"

The judge of the Presnensky district court of Moscow Irina Zubova sentenced the leader of the Party of Progress Alexei Navalny to 15 days of arrest, the press secretary of the politician Kira Yarmysh said . It is found guilty of violation of part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the legislation on rallies).

On Thursday afternoon, Navalny was detained by the police in the office of the Corruption and Drive Foundation and the drive was taken to the Presnensky district court of the capital to consider the administrative case of Sunday campaign in the Moscow metro in front of the Vesna anti -crisis march.

The leader of the Party of Progress and his defense petitioned for a 40-minute break in a meeting to familiarize themselves with the case file. Zubova agreed to allocate only 15 minutes. “If you were qualified lawyers, 15 would be enough for you,” she said.

After the break, the judge closed the process. On this basis, Navalny demanded her withdrawal. Zubov rejected the petition.

Navalny also asked to postpone the consideration of the case for a day. He motivated this by the fact that his lawyers are not present at the trial. Defense is conducted by FBK lawyers with a different specialization. In addition, he was not properly notified of the time of the meeting.

The judge also refused other petitions. Only the request was satisfied to hear the witnesses of detention. All of them showed that police officers who followed Navalny did not demand to stop campaigning.

Navalny did not sign any protocols in the police. In court, the politician and Nikolai Lyaskin, who was at that time, who was at that time, stated this.

Apparently, she said that she trusts the reports and written explanations of the police. “Property evidence is insolvent, as they are refuted by reports and a protocol,” Zubova said.

According to the supporter of Navalny Leonid Volkov, politics want to be sent under arrest in order to exclude his participation in the march "Vesna".

On February 15, Navalny and about a dozen of his supporters in the Moscow metro agitation for the march scheduled for March 1. As the OVD-Info reported , most of the detainees were released after taking the explanation or a “preventive conversation”, but several protocols under article 20.2 were issued on several. Navalny and the leader of the Moscow branch of his party Nikolai Lyaskin was released from the police last - at about 1 a.m. on February 16.

On Monday, the organizing committee of the march filed a notification to the Moscow City Hall. Two days later, officials invited the organizers to transfer the event from Tverskaya Street to the outskirts of Maryino. On February 19 , the organizing committee said that he was ready to discuss only options in the city center .

In May 2012, Judge Zubova sentenced Navalny to 15 days of arrest under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the legal request of a police officer) for participating in protest walks.