The prosecutor asks to fine a participant in the May 5 rally, accused of causing pain to a police officer.

In Krasnoyarsk, the prosecutor asks to fine Natalya Podolyak, accused of violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) 170 thousand rubles at the “He is not our king” rally. About this in “Apology of Protest.”

says the telegram channel. The police, as the channel reports, claim that Podolyak hit police officer Dmitry Danilov in the leg, which hurt him. Lawyer Vladimir Vasin found a video which, according to Apology of Protest, shows that there was no blow. The defense asks that Podolyak be acquitted; the verdict will be handed down on February 25.

Natalya Podolyak is a teacher at the Department of Physical Education at Siberian Federal University. She said that at the protest she touched one of the policemen with her foot to attract his attention - the detainee, who was being dragged by the law enforcement officer, lost consciousness.

The woman connects the persecution with her political activity: she ran for the Legislative Assembly of the region and for the post of head of Krasnoyarsk, and was also a confidant of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

• “He is not our king” is an all-Russian rally by supporters of Alexei Navalny, which took place on May 5, 2018, two days before the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin. According to the data, there were 45 people in Krasnoyarsk that day, and at least 1,600 throughout Russia. OVD-Info detained