A court in Yekaterinburg dismissed the case of a woman detained at a protest against pension reform

The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg terminated the administrative case of student Ksenia Vavilova, who was detained during a rally against pension reform on September 9. This was reported on the Wikinews website.

Judge Vladimir Ushakov decided to terminate the proceedings on the case of violation by the participant of the rules for holding the event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), without explaining the reasons for his decision. During the meeting, the girl refused to give any explanations about the circumstances of her detention. The proceedings in the Vavilova case dragged on for more than six months.

According to the Wikinews correspondent, the administrative case was transferred several times from court to court, and then returned to the police. Vavilova's defense in the courts each time drew attention to the fact that it is not clear from the case file where and at what time the girl was detained.

So, from the protocol, which was drawn up by the police, it follows that Vavilova was detained on October Square. The defense, in turn, provided the court with a video recording from the police bus where Vavilova was sitting, against which a monument was visible, located a 30-minute walk from October Square.

Wikinews reports that 130 people were fined for the rally in Yekaterinburg, and 15 of them were eventually “acquitted”.

• On September 9, protests against raising the retirement age were held in many cities of the country. that day were detained In total, according to OVD-Info, more than 1,200 people . In Yekaterinburg, at least 184 people were detained during the action.
• OVD-Info monitors trials of participants and organizers of past actions.