The Supreme Court of Chuvashia reduced the arrest of the Artpodgotvka activist by two days

The Supreme Court of Chuvashia reduced the arrest of Artpodgotovka activist Vyacheslav Rybakov by two days, Idel reports . Realities."

Earlier, the Leninsky District Court arrested Rybakov for 15 days for holding the “For Navalny” rally in Cheboksary. The offense was regarded as repeated and the activist was charged with Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code.

After considering the appeal of lawyer Yuri Ivanov, the court decided that an aggravating circumstance was “undeservedly” attributed to the charges. According to the lawyer, the point is that the man was charged with repeated violations of the law on rallies.

Yuri Ivanov asked to acquit the activist, since Rybakov could not organize the action in Cheboksary on October 7. The organizer of the rally was Semyon Kochkin, coordinator of the local headquarters of politician Alexei Navalny. The lawyer believes that Vyacheslav Rybakov’s arrest was reduced due to formal circumstances.

On the page of Navalny’s headquarters in Cheboksary they report that the activist was not brought from the special detention center to the meeting. The court explained this by saying that the defendant did not apply for this. The politician’s team group claims that he could not write a petition because he did not know about what was happening.

The court did not change the decision that Rybakov was the organizer of the October 7 rally in support of Navalny.

“Judge Golubev saw in Rybakov’s actions the organization of the action in that he waved his hand on the video material presented by the police. Thus, according to the court, the offender indicates to the protesters the direction of movement from Arbat, pointing towards Republic Square. As a result, the activists went there,” said Idel. Realities” Yuri Ivanov, lawyer for Navalny’s headquarters.

• Vyacheslav Rybakov was repeatedly detained during peaceful protests and protocols were drawn up for violating the procedure for holding the event. On October 23, he was summoned to the Investigative Committee in connection with a criminal case under Art. 212.1 (repeated violations of the law on rallies), but then one episode was not enough to open a criminal case.

On October 31, he was arrested for five days for not serving his mandatory labor for a single picket on April 13. In addition, the court imposed 190 hours of compulsory labor on the activist for a single picket on October 29.