In Belgorod, the court finally acquitted the organizer of the rally on March 26

On September 11, the Belgorod Regional Court found the activist of Open Russia, Ksenia Mikhailik, not guilty. She was accused of damaging city property during an anti-corruption walk on March 26, writes . 7×7

The judge left the decision of the first instance unchanged: on July 19, the Oktyabrsky District Court acquitted Mikhaylik, concluding that the charges against her were groundless.

In April, the court considered Mikhaylik the organizer of the rally on March 26 in the local Hyde Park and accused her of trampling lawns and damaging curbs and parapets. She was assigned 50 hours of compulsory work under part 3 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

Mikhaylik and her defenders appealed the decision to assign compulsory work to the activist in the Belgorod Regional Court. The regional court found it not fully proven that the protesters allegedly had anything to do with the destroyed curbs and sidewalks. In this regard, the court canceled the decision on compulsory work, and the Mikhailik case was returned for a new trial back to the Oktyabrsky District Court, which on June 20 again began to consider this case.

On March 22, the Belgorod Mayor's Office refused to allow the organizers to approve a rally against corruption at the site declared by them, but did not offer another place. Officials explained their refusal by the fact that another event was planned in the park. On March 26, the townspeople gathered in the local Hyde Park in order to “feed the ducks”. The event went smoothly and without delays.

However, two weeks later, the organizer of the action, Oksana Mikhailik, was summoned to the police, where an administrative protocol was drawn up against her. She was accused of the fact that after the last action, trampled lawns were found in the park, as well as places with destroyed paving slabs and curbs.