An employee of Navalny's Irkutsk headquarters was arrested for 7 days

A court in Irkutsk arrested Zakhar Sarapulov, an employee of Navalny's regional headquarters, for 7 days. This was reported to OVD-Info from Navalny's headquarters.

Thus, the court sided with the police officers who drew up a protocol against Sarapulov under part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the procedure for holding a public event). According to the policemen, the “Monstration”, which took place on May 1 in Irkutsk, was a political action. Its participants carried posters and things that had a "dual character" - not only cultural, but also political. For example, Sarapulov held a yellow duck in his hands.

In addition, the activist was given a document warning of liability under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations of the law on rallies).

Sarapulov was detained yesterday as he was heading home from Navalny's headquarters. Shortly before this, uniformed and civilian law enforcement officers surrounded Navalny's headquarters. But it was not possible to immediately detain Sarapulov, so he was detained already on the way home. The activist spent the night in a special detention center for administrative detainees.

On June 18, Sarapalov was handed a decision to be summoned to the police department to draw up a protocol.

Yesterday in an interview with a correspondent of Siberia. Realii” Sarapulov said that, in his opinion, the police want to initiate a criminal case against him under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violation of the law on rallies):

I think that specifically in my case they are leading the case to the "Dadin article", 212th. Because I already have an article for organizing a meeting with Alexei Navalny on November 4 last year, for the march “He is not our king” on May 5, and now it will be for May 1, for “Monstration”. So this is the third time. And three violations of the rules for holding mass events in 180 days is already criminal article 212.

• On June 18, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Irkutsk fined anarchist Igor Martynenko 25,000 rubles, who was considered the organizer of the Monstration. The protocol against another anarchist Sofia Bazhenova was returned by the court to the police due to errors made in its preparation.
• Bazhenova and Martynenko were detained at the bus station when they arrived after their vacation. The police said that the activists were avoiding filing protocols for holding an unapproved rally on May 1, and asked the young people to go with them. The activists refused, and the police forced them into the car. After the detainees were taken to the police station number 5 and left them for the night.
• According to Bazhenova, on May 1, she and other activists held a happening "Mem, Labor - May Day", having previously notified the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the prosecutor's office, the mayor, the governor and the commissioner for human rights in Irkutsk.