The Belgorod court refused to implement the decision of the Constitutional Court to detain a single picketer

The Oktyabrsky District Court in Belgorod refused to execute the decision of the Constitutional Court and review the case of Vladimir Sergienko, who was detained at a one-man anti-war picket in 2015. Writes about this "Open Russia".

The Constitutional Court clarified the specific rule on the police, which allows detaining picketers. He wrote to review the case, with specific reference to my case. And the district court refused. They said that the Constitutional Court considered another rule, but they did not concern our decision, so we refuse to review it. Well, horrible, of course, they wrote. They accused the COP of a mistake, wildness in general

Sergienko said in a conversation with the publication.

He said that he had filed an appeal and, if necessary, was ready to apply to the European Court of Human Rights.

In 2015, Sergienko was detained at a solitary picket and taken to the police station, where he was held for about an hour. He went to court, but the courts of general jurisdiction confirmed that the police acted within the law. The decisions indicated that during the rally there was a threat to the life of the picketer from the side of the townspeople who disagreed with him, and he was taken to the police for his own safety.

Sergienko considered that the law violated his right to personal integrity, as well as the right to hold meetings, rallies and pickets, and applied for protection to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court acknowledged that the challenged norm does not contradict the Constitution, but sent the decision on Sergienko's case for revision.