The Moscow City Court refused to cancel Navalny's arrest due to the January protest

The Moscow City Court rejected the defense's complaint against the decision of the Tverskoy Court, which sentenced politician Alexei Navalny to 30 days of arrest for the January rally. about this on Twitter . wrote The oppositionist's press secretary, Kira Yarmysh,

Navalny was arrested on August 27, having been found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of public events (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to a rally on January 28 in support of the “voter strike.” The protocol was drawn up on January 31, but the court returned the administrative case materials to the police.

The politician was detained on August 25 at the entrance of his house and taken to the Danilovsky police station. From there he was taken away in an ambulance with a suspected fracture of his little finger during the arrest, which involved five riot police officers. From the hospital, Navalny was again brought to the police station and left there overnight. “Serious injuries,” Interfax wrote, doctors did not record.