The court fined another participant in the LGBT rally on Palace Square

The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg fined Alexander Akshentsev, a participant in a rally in support of LGBT people on Palace Square, 10,000 rubles. about this in his Telegram channel . wrote Aleksey Nazarov, an activist of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality,

The activist was charged with violating the rules for holding the rally (part 5 of article 25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Earlier, two other LGBT activists Vyacheslav Vereshchagin and a priest of the Association of Christian Eucharistic Communities Alexander Khmelev were fined 150 and 170 rubles respectively for the same action.

• On August 4, after the city administration did not agree on the procession of the St. Petersburg Pride, a series of single-person pickets were held on Palace Square demanding the right to freedom of assembly for LGBT people. Shortly after the start of the action, employees of the National Guard began to disperse and detain those who came to the square.
• In total, law enforcement officers detained 30 people. They were taken to police departments No. 78, No. 74, No. 64, No. 54 and No. 29. Protocols were drawn up against the detainees under Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. Protocols were drawn up against several activists under Part 8 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (repeated violation of the order of the event).