A court in Kurgan arrested a protest participant with a Putin mask for 15 days

The Kurgan city court arrested Yevgeny Zhukov, an activist of Agit Rossii, for 15 days for holding a rally with a Putin mask. about this Writes "Apology of Protest".

The court found Zhukov guilty of repeated violation of the law on rallies (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The court and the police found the violation in the fact that the use of a mask with the face of the president during the rally made it difficult to identify the activist.

According to the "Apology of Protest", the decision of the court contradicts the position of the Constitutional Court of Russia. The definition of COP N 1428-O states that when assessing the provisions of paragraph 1 of part 4 of Art. 6 of the Federal Law “On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, processions and picketing”, it is important to take into account that the concealment by the participants of a public event of their face (part of it) may be caused by various considerations, not necessarily related to intentions to make identification difficult.

Earlier, Yaroslav Lobanov, a participant in a similar action, was arrested for five days in Kurgan .