The Moscow City Court approved a fine of 300,000 to Alexei Navalny

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision of the Simonovskiy District Court, which fined politician Alexei Navalny 300,000 rubles for "covert campaigning." about it . writes Interfax

On August 3, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow found Navalny guilty of inciting him to participate in a campaign subbotnik on July 8 and 9 (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). In addition to Navalny, two more employees were detained. The court agreed with the police that all three encouraged people to participate in the distribution of leaflets, which is a "hidden form of collective public event."

The report drawn up on Navalny mentioned the video on July 6. Navalny tried to convince the court that there could not be such a video with his participation, since on that day he was in a special detention center. The court in the decision indicated that Navalny could "record the live broadcast" on July 7, . the politician's press secretary Kira Yarmysh tweeted