The court decided to put the charge to the coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny in Volgograd

The Volgograd Regional Court decided to return to the investigation a criminal case against the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny Alexei Volkov, who is accused of publishing a collage with the Motherland Monument in Zelenka. The court ordered the investigation to re -qualify the case to a more difficult article, the activist told Mediazone.

According to Volkov, he may be charged with part 2 of Article 244 of the Criminal Code (abuse of architectural structure devoted to the fight against fascism). In this case, the opposition will face up to five years in the colony. Now Volkova is accused under part 3 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code (public desecration of symbols of military glory, a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, or 360 hours of compulsory work, or a year of correctional).

Volkov specified on his Twitter that he was decided to re-qualify the accusation on the denunciation of a witness, the head of the expeditionary and exhibition department of the Stalingrad battle museum Svetlana Argasseva: her testimonies and prepared Argasseva on behalf of the museum say that the Motherland Monument is in the "thorough of the bore of participants in the struggle with the struggle with fascism. "

At the hearing, the representative of the prosecutor's office opposed the return of the case.

Only one came to the process of seven witnesses of the prosecution, the activist added.

The court left Volkov under the subscription about the wonness. On August 31, the Central District Court of Volgograd sent an activist under house arrest , which he was supposed to serve at the place of registration in St. Petersburg, but on September 25, the regional court returned Volkov the previous preventive measure.

In May, the regional department of the Investigative Committee opened the case under part 3 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code (public desecration of symbols of military glory, a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, or 360 hours of compulsory work, or a year of correctional). The occasion was the publication in the community in support of the naval-processed photo of the sculpture "Motherland", on which the monument has a face and hand green. The picture appeared after on March 20 Navalny was doused with greening during the opening of the headquarters in Barnaul.

On May 12, Volkov was a search on this case. Initially, the activist went through him a witness. On July 26, the TFR reported that Volkov was charged. The activist was taken from the recognizance not to leave.