The coordinator of the “Last Address” movement was fined 15,000 rubles

On August 16, a court in Arkhangelsk fined Dmitry Kozlov, coordinator of the Last Address movement, fifteen thousand rubles. The activist was accused of violating the law on the protection of cultural heritage sites (Article 7.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this writes Radio Liberty . Kozlov said he would appeal the court's decision.

On August 14, Dmitry Kozlov installed a memorial plaque on the house number 35 on Serafimovicha Street, where in 1937 Ignaty Bezsonov, a cable factory mechanic, was arrested for "systematic counter-revolutionary agitation". In 1938 he was shot.

Kozlov notified the Inspectorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects of his actions, and the installation of the plaque was agreed with the residents. The authorities considered that the installation was not authorized, and the 11x19 cm sign could harm the emergency house.