The coordinator of Open Russia in Tatarstan was assigned 35 hours of compulsory work

On April 25, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan found Ilya Novikov, coordinator of the Tatarstan branch of Open Russia, guilty of violating the procedure for holding a picket (part 1 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and ordered him to undergo 35 hours of compulsory work. about this Writes "Ideal. Realities".

On April 8, an art picket of "Open Russia" took place, the participants of the action in an ironic form supported the policy of the Russian president, the action was agreed upon.

On April 12, police officers drew up a report on an administrative offense against Ilya Novikov , it was said that Novikov, during an art picket, “was holding a poster with the inscription: “Who, if not Putin!” after which he chanted the following slogan: "Russia for Putin." According to the police, Novikov thus violated the "form of holding a public event." In addition, the protocol says that “Novikov did not have the distinctive sign of the organizer of a public event,” which violated the federal law on rallies.