In Sochi, the organizer of the June 12 walk was initially arrested, but then changed his mind

Sochi activist Anastasia Titova, the Central District Court of Sochi, first ordered the arrest for five days, but then called back the lawyer and changed his decision, deciding to cancel the arrest and impose a fine of twenty thousand rubles. Titova was accused of organizing an illegal rally, although the activist believes that there was no rally. Titova herself told about this OVD-Info.

As the activist said, she knew that there was a “spy” in the internal chat and specifically emphasized that on June 12, instead of the action, there would be a regular walk without symbols and campaign materials.

Judge Orekhov announces the verdict: guilty, five days of arrest. Despite the fact that Major Andreev in his remark drew the attention of the judge to the fact that I have a minor child. [After the trial] they called my lawyer and said that they didn’t really notice that I had minor children and issued a fine. As a result, we have an audio recording where I am sentenced to five days of arrest, and I have a decision in my hands that I was fined 20 thousand rubles,

— said Anastasia Titova.

Lawyer Benyash emphasizes that the Code of Administrative Offenses expressly prohibits the arrest of mothers who have children under 14, and the judge does not have the right to change the decision after it has been announced. The activist said she intends to appeal the court's decision on the fine.