Former court secretary Eyvazov was arrested for refusing to sign the protocol

The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Alexander Eyvazov, the former secretary of the court session of the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg, for two months. about this writes Interfax with reference to the message of the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. As notes on Facebook, the decision was made on August 24 late at night. Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer representing Eyvazov,

Smirnov also wrote that at first the issue of choosing a preventive measure for a young man was to be decided by the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg, in which Eyvazov worked. But the defense appealed to the city court with a request to change the jurisdiction, after which the case was transferred to the Leninsky District Court.

22-year-old Alexander Eyvazov is accused of obstructing the administration of justice (part 3 of article 294 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the courts of St. Petersburg says that, being the secretary of the court session, he did not prepare and sign the minutes of the process within the specified time. It also states that Eyvazov did not fulfill his duties due to personal hostility towards the judge and the desire to cancel the verdict in the criminal case of attempted fraud. Lawyer Smirnov claims that Eyvazov is being tried because he refused to sign the protocol of the court session, which he did not draw up.

The former court secretary was detained on August 22 in Adler. Previously, he was wanted.

Eyvazov worked at the Oktyabrsky District Court for two months, starting on October 31, 2016. The Internet newspaper Paper writes that he resigned of his own free will, but was forced to do so due to a conflict with Judge Irina Kerro, whose secretary he worked. The paper also reports that Eyvazov spoke openly about Kerro's official abuses. He posted online audio and video recordings of the judge's dialogue and wrote dozens of complaints about violations he encountered at work.