The verdict is Vladimir Baluh

On August 4, in the Razdolnensky district court of the annexed Crimea, the Ukrainian activist Vladimir Baluhu will be sentenced to whom the case of illegal storage of cartridges and TNT drafts is fabricated. The prosecution required for the defendant 5 years of 1 month of general regime.

Politsek lawyers Olga Dinze and Taras Omelchenko in the debate once again drew attention to a lot of violations during the inquiry in the case. The search was carried out with a mass of violations, the defense emphasized, other versions, except for the guilt of the Baluha, were not worked out, there was no clarity in the conclusions, and threats were previously received in connection with his beliefs.

In addition, lawyers noted, "the court was not interested in establishing the truth and refused almost all petitions that could affect the establishment of this truth."

At a meeting on Monday, lawyer Dinze asked to interrupt the hearing until August 7, so that the defense could prepare for the debate. However, judge Maria Bedritskaya rejected.

In the afternoon, Baluh made the last word on Tuesday. He regarded his criminal prosecution as a political order, calling the actual reason for the initiation of the case rejection of the annexation of Crimea.

Baluhu is 46 years old, he is a farmer from the village of Serebryanka of the Razdolnensky district. The activist was detained by FSB operatives on December 8, 2016 following a search in the houses of his mother. From December 12, it is contained under arrest.

Politzeku was charged with part 1 of Article 222 (illegal circulation of ammunition) and part 1 of Article 222.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal explosive circulation). According to in the case, during a search, several dozen cartridges and several TNT checkers were found in his attic. The activist insists that the operatives themselves threw ammunition.

In December 2013, in the first weeks of the Revolution of Dignity, Baluh hung a red-black flag of the Ukrainian rebel army over his house. After some time at night, this flag was secretly disrupted, and the farmer replaced it with the national flag of Ukraine. The activist did not recognize the annexation of Crimea and did not apply for Russian citizenship.

In 2015, the Baluha twice took searches. In addition, he was arrested for 15 days according to the fabricated protocol on the disobedience of the police. Then, the case was opened against the activist under Article 319 of the Russian Criminal Code (insulting a representative of the authorities), according to which he was sentenced to 320 hours of compulsory work in June 2016. The verdict was pronounced by the same judge Bedritskaya, who considers the current Baluha case. The activist refused to serve his work, and he was replaced by a 40-day arrest.

On November 29, a week and a half before the detention, Baluh attached a sign on the wall of his house "Wulitz heroes of heavenly, 18". The authorities demanded the sign to remove, threatening the persecution, but the activist ignored the demand.

In conclusion, the health of the Baluha seriously worsened. The politicalese worsened bronchitis, an attack of urolithiasis had occurred and digestive problems began. At the hearing on July 27, the defendant had a hypertensive crisis. Judge Bedritskaya caused an ambulance, and the Baluha under the escort was taken to the hospital. Having made an injection to the patient, the doctors told the convoy that the Politseka could be returned to court, and the hearing resumed. At the end of the same meeting, Baluhu again became bad, but again, Bedritskaya did not call an ambulance.

In addition, in January, Omelchenko’s lawyer reported that the political prisoner was undergoing beatings in the Simferopol SIZO-1 .