In Nizhny Novgorod, the case was terminated against the former activist AVN Butko

The Nizhny Novgorod Directorate of the Investigative Committee terminated the case of extremism, initiated against civil activist Pavel Butko, a former member of the prohibited army of the will of the people. The lawyer of the defendant Yevgeny Gubin said about this to the Franes. Butko was charged with part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of activities of an extremist organization), which provides for two to eight years of the colony.

The case against the activist was opened no later than last year - at the end of 2014, he already turned to the services of Lawyer Gubin. The reason for the persecution was that on the website of the ABN, the Butco phone was indicated as contact. The accused himself insisted on the absurdity of the prosecution. He explained that he really was in the ABN before its ban, and was the only participant in the organization in Nizhny Novgorod. Nevertheless, the activist noted, since 2011 such a structure does not exist. The last record left by Butko in the VK group AVN dates back to February 24, 2011 and reports the ban on the organization.

“The investigator came to my house two years ago and was convinced that I was not engaged in any unlawful activity,” Butko told Butko at the end of 2014. Nevertheless, the case was initiated and investigated.

However, the prosecutor refused to approve the indictment and returned the case to the investigator to eliminate violations. The investigation department eventually closed the case in connection with the expiration of the statute of limitations of holding to justice, that is, on an non -rehabilitating basis.

The last months in Moscow is investigating the case of the group “For responsible power!”, Founded by former activists of the forbidden AVN. The group calls its task a referendum on which the law on the liability of the deputies of the State Duma and the President should be adopted: at the end of each cadence, it is proposed to be encouraged or to be encouraged, depending on the results of the work.

Meanwhile, the TFR claims that the true goal of the group is "a loosening of the political situation towards instability and the change of existing power by illegally."

In July 2015, the leader of the Divine! And the former leader of the AVN are publicist Yuri Mukhin, as well as two activists - Valery Parfyonov and economist and journalist Alexander Sokolov. The next month, the 66-year-old Mukhin was transferred under house arrest. Parthenov and Sokolov remain in jail; The last time their detention was extended until January 22, 2016.

Last week, the fourth defendant in the case was sent to the pre -trial detention center - the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Kirill Barabash .

The defendants in Moscow case, as well as before Butko, were charged with part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code.