Leonid Volkov was arrested for another 15 days

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested Leonid Volkov, project manager of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), for 15 days for broadcasting a call to go to a rally against pension reform in St. Petersburg, which took place on September 9, 2018. about it Writes "Mediazona".

Prior to this, Volkov served 20 days for a call to go to a Moscow rally. Moreover, the oppositionist is being tried for the same broadcast.

This time, Volkov was charged with part 3 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation by the organizer of the rules for holding the action, due to which interference was created with the functioning of life support facilities, transport or social infrastructure).

During his speech in court, the politician listed eight points with which he did not agree. For example, he believes that since there is only one broadcast, he is being judged for the same thing.

Leonid Volkov was supposed to be released on the morning of June 10, but he was taken from the detention center to the police department. The police promise to draw up protocols against Navalny's ally for rallies on September 9 and in other cities, despite the fact that he was not even in Russia that day.

In addition, Volkov said that in both mobile phones, which were supposed to be given to him after his release from the special detention center, he found adhesive tape pasted between the battery and the contact. He believes that the adhesive tape was pasted in so that he could not report the detention.

• On September 9, 2018, actions organized by Navalny's supporters took place throughout the country. Out of 81 cities in which the activists planned the action, only 12 managed to agree on the event. Detentions took place in 37 cities, in total, according to OVD-Info, 1,195 people were detained.