Horrchr political emigrant is arrested in absentia in Moscow

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow in absentia arrested for two months the activist of Yabloko and the co -founder of the “Unity of Equal” movement Alexander Horrshra, who fled from Russia six months ago from persecution in the case of extremism. This evening on Tuesday was reported by Kommersant with reference to Sergey Badamshin, an emigrant lawyer.

The case against the Horrchra became known on February 25 , when the activist was detained and delivered for interrogation in the Federal Security Service of Moscow and Moscow Region. After the interrogation, he was released under the recognizance not to leave. On March 25, Horrchruwas charged under part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism via the Internet), which provides for up to five years of the colony.

The activist was charged with the publication on the personal VK page of the five posts, which, according to Badamshin, "condemn the actions of state power." “These are notes in support of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo (correctly - magazine. - Ed.), And calls for mass protests,” the lawyer explained.

At the beginning of the year, Badamshin stated that the posts placed by the Horrchrome were included in the list of extremist materials on the Ministry of Justice’s website, and a certain citizen had already been convicted for the publication of the same records.

The very fact of publishing posts by the Horrchr recognized.

In mid-June, it became known that the activist fled from the subscription to Finland . By the present point, Kommersant reports, he has already received political asylum in this country.

On November 23, 2015, the Horrchr, along with four more activists of "unity of equal,", rising to the construction forests, built by the Stalinist skyscraper on the Kotelnicheskaya embankment, hung out the flags of Ukraine and his movement (

VIDEO ). The action was dedicated to the second anniversary of Euromaidan. The two of its participants after hanging the flags managed to hide; Meanwhile, the Horrchra, the leader of the "unity of equal" Alexei Domnikov, as well as Igor Sharapov, was detained.

The next day, the Tagansky district court of Moscow arrested Horrchra, Domnikov and Sharapov for 10 days each under part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the legal request of the policeman). Activists were charged with a refusal to submit documents to the police. At the same time, none of the three documents at the time of detention simply did not have.