The court in Arkhangelsk decided to release Sergei Mokhnatkin from custody

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court overturned the arrest order for Sergei Mokhnatkin and released the human rights activist from custody. This was reported by Andrei Krekov, Mokhnatkin’s public defender.

from under the OVD-InfoSud canceled the Isakogorsky District Court of Arkhangelsk about the arrest for two months of Mokhnatkin in a new criminal case of disorganizing the work of the colony (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code). The human rights activist's sentence in the case of the use of force against police officers (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) was supposed to expire on December 2. Edition “7×7” that Mokhnatkin must be released on the last working day before the weekend, if the release date falls on it, that is, November 30.

the resolution was written by Sergei Mokhnatkin, a participant in the “Strategy 31” actions and a public defender in the “Bolotnaya case”. In 2014, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony, having been found guilty of violence against police during the dispersal of a movement rally on December 31, 2013 on Triumfalnaya Square. - After the verdict, Mokhnatkin was transported to the Arkhangelsk region, where he faced persecution from the Federal Penitentiary Service. The human rights activist was beaten, after which he was immediately charged with two counts of insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) and disorganizing the activities of a colony (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code). IK-4 - In 2017, a human rights defender was guilty of disorganizing the activities of institutions that ensure isolation from society (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code). The court sentenced him to two and a half years of strict regime, taking into account the previous term. admitted - In 2018, Mokhnatkin talked about gas and regular medical care. torture and refusal