In Biysk, a deputy was fined for a protest hunger strike in a tent near the city hall

The Biysk City Court fined ten thousand rubles of a deputy of the City Duma Yevgeny Korchagin, who conducted a protest hunger strike near the city hall. It is reported by Siberia. Realities "with reference to Korchagin himself.

The court found Korchagin guilty under part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (the organization of a public event without submitting a notification), believing that the deputy was an inconsistent picket with the “use of collecting structures”.

Korchagin himself denies that his hunger strike was a picket. “I do not agree with this verdict of the court and intends to appeal it. I did not hold a picket - it was a hunger strike. The concern of the authorities caused the intention of two people the very next day to join the action and put their tents nearby. There is no doubt that at least 10-15 citizens in a week would participate in a hunger strike, since the Biychanes are outraged by the city healthcare, more precisely, its inaccessibility. We will continue protest shares, including the administration of the Altai Territory, ”Siberia quoted. Realities »The words of the deputy.

Evgeny Korchagin announced on October 9 on his page in Odnoklassniki that he announces a hunger strike with requirements that concern changes in the healthcare system in the region. In particular, he demanded to create a city health department in Biysk, as well as to resign the Minister of Health of the Altai Territory Irina Dolgova. Korchagin held a hunger strike in a tent, which was installed in front of the city administration building.