Detained defenders of Torfyanka had their trials postponed after two days in custody

Mikhail Barbotkin and Vadim Ozhogin, detained on Sunday, November 27, during a rally against the development of Torfyanka Park, were released from the Babushkinsky District Court after two days in custody.

According to Barbotkin, the consideration of their cases was postponed by one day - to 14:00 on November 30, since they did not have defenders. At the same time, from the early morning of November 29, the detainees were taken out of the police department and.

OVD-Info was held in court. Both detainees are accused of petty hooliganism, and a report was also drawn up against Ozhogin for violating the procedure for holding a public event. They both face punishment of up to 15 days of arrest.

Ozhogin was detained after he stood up for pensioner Murcia Rylova, who was rudely detained by police officers. Rylova was soon released, having drawn up a report on her for petty hooliganism. The arrests were carried out at the direction of a man in civilian clothes - this can be seen in the video recording of the live broadcast that Barbotkin conducted on Facebook until he was also detained.