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Good luck gentleman
Judge of the Tver court of Moscow Ekaterina Korotova closed an administrative case against the Moscow correspondent of The Guardian Alec Alec Luna due to the lack of a composition of the offense. This was reported by lawyer Ilya Novikov.
“Finally, a pure excuse,” the lawyer wrote. “They say, in general, the first of all.”
On March 26, the moon was detained at an anti -corruption action in Moscow, when he tried to remove the detention of an activist on the camera. Lun warned the police that he was working as a journalist.
The moon was accused of violating the order of the mass action (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). According to the police, he chanted slogans. Novikov insisted that the moon was detained by mistake, since he did not speak Russian at a sufficient speed to shout down slogans.
US citizen Alec Lun has been working in Russia for several years. It was published in many Russian and foreign publications, including The New York Times and Vice. Recently, Lun writes for The Guardian.
On March 26, anti -corruption shares were held throughout the country ( 
In addition, criminal cases were instituted under Article 318 of the Criminal Code (the application of violence to a representative of the authorities). In Moscow, 39-year-old carpenter Alexander Shpakov, 32-year-old builder Stanislav Zimovets, 28-year-old actor Yuri Kuli, 30-year-old loader Andrei Kosykh and 32-year-old equipment repairman Dmitry Gerekin were arrested.
Kulia's case was considered on May 18 in a special order; The process went to one meeting. Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Maria Sizintseva sentenced Kulia to eight months of the penal colony . On May 24, the judge of the same court, Alexei Stekliev, sentenced Shpakov to one and a half years of general regime on charges of attacking the commander of the 1st battalion of the 2nd Opera Opera of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, Lieutenant Colonel Valery Gonikov.
The case that also pleaded the guilt of the slanting has not yet reached the trial. Zimovets abandoned the confession and consideration of the case in a special order. Gerekin arrested in mid -May does not admit guilt .