In Cheboksary, witnesses in the case of an anti-corruption rally participant were detained in court

In Cheboksary, four witnesses were detained in the Leninsky District Court during a court hearing in the case of Yury Sidorov, a participant in a rally against corruption. This was announced to OVD-Info by the coordinator of Open Russia in Chuvashia Dmitry Semenov.

Earlier on March 27, Yury Sidorov, a participant in the rally, received a summons stating that he needed to appear at the police department on March 28 at 14:00. In the police department, a report was drawn up against Sidorov under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer), after which they were taken to court late in the evening. However, the defense managed to get the meeting postponed to March 29 to get acquainted with the case materials, and also because of the late hours of the day.

Today, March 29, Sidorov's defense summoned witnesses, participants of the March 26 rally, including: Semyon Kochkin, Roman Romanov, Dmitry Robson and Konstantin Ishutov. At about 12 o'clock the judge announced a break, and the participants in the process left the court building and went out into the street. At that moment, the police, without explanation and under the threat of violence, detained Semyon Kochkin and Roman Romanov, who had not even had time to speak in court.

After some time, the police detained two more witnesses: Dmitry Robson and Konstantin Ishutov, when they left the courtroom after giving testimony. During the arrest, the police noted that the detainees would be explained everything to the police.

At the moment, four detainees are in the police department No. 1 of Cheboksary. They draw up protocols under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing). As Semyonov noted, a protocol is also drawn up against Robson under 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

The court decided to fine Yury Sidorov 1,000 rubles under article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses