The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg convicted the coordinator of the local election headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Polina Kostyleva, to 40 hours of compulsory labor under Part 1 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. This is reported by Meduza.
The court found Kostyleva guilty of organizing an uncoordinated rally on October 7 in St. Petersburg.
Police officers arrived at Navalny's headquarters on the evening of 3 October. They stated that they had received information that leaflets had been pasted inside with a call to participate in the action on October 7th. The police demanded to see these leaflets, but the headquarters staff could not find them. According to the activists, the coordinator went outside to take the leaflets that were supposed to be brought to her, but she was held back by the police. Everyone in the room was demanded to leave, while Kostyleva was kept inside.
at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny in many Russian cities On October 7, about 300 people were detained .