The Supreme Court of Tatarstan rejected the complaint of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and upheld the decision of the court of first instance to dismiss the case of Dmitry Berdnikov, a participant in the protest of depositors and the leader of the movement Against Crime and Lawlessness. He himself reported this to the OVD-Info hotline.
On February 3, a protocol was drawn up against Berdnikov under part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - the police considered him the organizer of an uncoordinated mass event. On that day, depositors of the bankrupt Tatfondbank and Intekhbank came to the reception room of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. They wanted to submit applications demanding to investigate the facts of fraud and violations in the activities of several Tatar banks, but they were detained .
On April 28, the Vakhitovsky District Court closed Berdnikov's case. The Interior Ministry appealed this decision, but the Supreme Court rejected the policemen's appeal.
The activist several times filed lawsuits against the actions of the police on February 3. for the third time . In May, the Vakhitovsky court accepted Berdnikov's claims against two policemen