Irkutsk: The court arrested the supporter of Navalny for seven days

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk today recognized the volunteer of the local headquarters of Navalny Zakhara Sarapulov guilty of repeated violation of the rules of public event. And he sentenced him to administrative arrest for 7 days. Earlier, the police handed the civil activist an explanation of the article on criminal liability for repeated violation of the organization and conduct of public events

“The decision is expected, based on our Russian realities in cases of this category. The judicial practice is as follows: they believe that they need to not only be notified of peaceful protest, but also coordinate it with them. That is, they should practically allow it,” Siberia. Rightielorovor Svyatoslav Khromenkov said.

He also said that the defense intends to appeal today's decision and plans to apply to the European Court of Human Rights.

Even before the meeting, Sarapulov said that if the court appoints him administrative arrest, he announces an unlimited hunger strike with the immediate release of director Oleg Sentsov and other Russian and Ukrainian political prisoners. According to the correspondent of Siberia. Reali, the civil activist confirmed his intentions after making a decision.

On May 1, the supporter of the opposition participated in the creative campaign "Monestation", which the organizers positioned as a cultural event that does not require coordination with the city authorities. During the action , he carried a soft toy in his hands - a yellow duck and a poster with a drawn bottle and the inscription "Is this wine or gasoline?" Police officers regarded the “monstration” as a public event that has a social, political character, and before the start of the procession warned his organizer Sofu Bazhenov. The police claim that Zakhar Sarapulov also heard a warning and knew that he was involved in an inconsistent public event, for which administrative liability is provided.

In the spring of 2018, he was fined 150 thousand rubles for organizing an unauthorized procession "He is not a king for us" on May 5.
In November 2017, Sarapulov spent six days of arrest in the temporary detention center for organizing the meeting of Alexei Navalny with residents of Irkutsk.