After the disruption of the presentation of Moloko plus in Nizhny Novgorod, a complaint was filed against the police in the Investigative Committee

Lawyer Aleksey Matasov filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee against the police officers who disrupted the Moloko Plus presentation in Nizhny Novgorod. about this They write in the telegram channel of the almanac.

In September, the police came to the presentation of "Moloko plus" in the Podsobka bar. According to the employees, they received a complaint about the distribution of extremist literature at the event. Later it became known that filed Roman Ovsyannikov, a former candidate for governor of the region and an activist of the National Liberation Movement, an application. At the presentation, the police detained three almanac journalists Pavel Nikulin, Sofiko Arifdzhanova and Mikhail Shubin and three other visitors. the next day In the department, the police did not allow lawyer Alexei Matasov to see Nikulin, who was arrested for two days under an article of disobedience to the police. In addition, the police seized 90 Moloko plus magazines and books from the Podsobka bar library.

Matasov writes in a statement that policeman Belousov pulled him by the shoulders into the lobby when he tried to follow his client Pavel Nikulin. “Belousov rudely pushed me out and closed the door in front of me,” says the lawyer.

At the court hearing, an amended protocol appeared in the case - police officer Nikitin "admitted that he had made a mention of witnesses in protocol 52 of BZ No. 819387 after he had given a copy to Nikulin," Matasov points out.

In the actions of the police, the lawyer sees violations under part 1 of article 286 of the Criminal Code - abuse of power, part 2 of article 144 of the Criminal Code - obstruction of the activities of journalists, and under article 292 of the Criminal Code - official forgery.