The court in St. Petersburg stated that Navalny wants to join the claim for 11 million. He doesn't want to

The Frunzensky District Court of St. Petersburg received the petition of Alexei Navalny, in which he allegedly asks himself to recognize himself as a co-defendant in the case of the recovery of 11 million rubles because of the alleged damage during the action “He is not a king”. Information on the petition was published in the Telecram-channel of the press service of the courts of St. Petersburg.

The document says that Navalny recognizes himself as the organizer of the action, and the local staff coordinator Denis Mikhailov followed his instruction. In addition, the author of the request on behalf of Navalny reports that he posted in the Utub-channel a call to participate in the rally.

The lawyer of the Corruption Fund Ivan Zhdanov denies that Navalny filed such a petition.

Zhdanov considers the document as a fake, according to him, "the people of Beglov (the acting governor of St. Petersburg), they sent clearly fake paper to the court."

Navalny himself also believes that the document was sent by the "people of Beglov."

“The document published below was received by mail, a live signature on the document. It was accepted and registered, ”the press service of the courts emphasized in the channel.

• At the end of November, the prosecutor filed a lawsuit against the coordinator of the local headquarters of Navalny Denis Mikhailov and the press secretary of the Vesna movement Bogdan Litvin on compensation for damage to 10 million 953 thousand rubles, which was allegedly inflicted by the participants in the green spaces on May 5.
• The action of Alexei Navalny “He is not a king” was held on May 5 in many cities of Russia. According to the ATS-Info, at least 1,600 people were detained at rallies. In St. Petersburg, 217 people were detained on the day of the action.
• In July, the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg fined Mikhailov 300 thousand rubles, finding him guilty of repeated violation of the rules of the event. Due to the same action, it was previously arrested for 25 days, the protocol on which he was fined, Mikhailov was handed immediately after leaving the special reception.
• In 2018, Mikhailov left 80 days of arrest due to protest promotions. At the end of January, he was arrested for 30 days due to the “voters' strikes.” In March, when the headquarters coordinator left the special receiver, where he was serving his sentence, he was detained and taken to the court, who arrested him for 25 days.