The Moscow Regional Court refused to cancel the fine for a participant in the action against the Platon system

Judge Svetlana Belaya of the Moscow Regional Court on January 12 considered a complaint against the decision of the Khimki City Court on a fine of one thousand rubles imposed in November on Olga Reznikova, who was detained during an action against the Platon system, and left it unchanged. This was reported to OVD-Info by Denis Shedov, a lawyer at the Memorial human rights center, who represents the interests of the detainee.

When considering the complaint, the judge rejected the defense’s requests to call police officers as witnesses to support the charges, explaining that this “is not provided for by the Administrative Code.” Meanwhile, Shedov emphasizes, the texts of the reports compiled by the police officers are identical, and it is unclear from them why the police decided that a rally was taking place in the parking lot in Khimki, and not single pickets or a meeting with a municipal deputy, which do not require prior approval.

Olga Reznikova was kept in the cell for almost two days, and, according to her , she was not allowed to go to the toilet for a long time and was not given water. In addition, the arrest report does not indicate why Reznikova needed to be detained, Shedov emphasizes. The defense intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

Olga Reznikova was detained on November 11 in the parking lot of the MEGA-Khimki shopping center, where a meeting of carriers opposing the introduction of tolls on federal highways for heavy trucks was planned. A total of 20 people were detained, including journalists and lawyers who came to Khimki to help the detainees. For most of the detainees, protocols were drawn up for disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer, and they were left in the police department until trial.