In Murmansk, the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Violetta Grudina, is being investigated for the “He is not our king” campaign. She herself reported this.
due to OVD-InfoCheck is carried out under the article on repeated violation of the established procedure for holding public events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code).
Grudina noted that in Murmansk the May 5 action took place peacefully and without arrests. However, after this, four headquarters volunteers received summonses under Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code (violation of the rules for holding a public event).
This is not the first time that Grudina has been investigated under this article. After the action on January 28, the activist was sent to the Investigative Committee to give explanations under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. However, a few days later the investigator called her and said that the case had been returned to the police.
summoned - In December 2015, activist Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony, having been found guilty of repeated violations of the rules for holding a public event (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). Dadin served his sentence in Karelian and reported systematic torture in the institution, which was later confirmed by other prisoners. On February 10, 2017, the Constitutional Court stated that Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code can only be applied if the actions of a protester resulted in harm to citizens or public safety. On February 22, 2017, the Presidium of the Supreme Court sentenced Dadin. IK-7 told