Arrest up to 15 days, fine up to 20 thousand: how participants in the July 27 rally are judged

Moscow courts have already punished about 400 protesters on June 27: 88 protesters received administrative arrests, another 332 judges imposed fines, and two protesters were given compulsory work, said . Moscow City Court spokeswoman Ulyana Solopova

How are they judged?

• Almost all detainees are tried under Part 6.1 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“Participation in unauthorized meetings that caused interference with the functioning of life support facilities, transport or social infrastructure, communications, pedestrian traffic”).
• Under the law, arrest under this article can be up to 30 days, but judges still give from 5 to 15 days, Alexei Glukhov, head of the legal service of the Agora human rights organization and head of the Apology for Protest project, told The Bell.
• The maximum fine under this article is 150,000 rubles. According to Glukhov, in the July 27 case, the courts impose fines ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles.
• According to Glukhov, at least one person was tried under Art. 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (“Disobedience to the lawful order of a police officer”) - he was sentenced to arrest for 4 days.
• The mood of the judge and the past “merits” of the offender affect what kind of punishment will be (most likely, they will appoint an arrest if the defendant has already been brought under Chapter 20 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Administrative offenses that encroach on public order and public safety”, for example, petty hooliganism) .
• Arrests are ordered even for those detainees who claim in court that they have nothing to do with the rally and were just passing by, the lawyer says.

What's next? In total, according to Solopova, the courts received 1,038 administrative materials about violations at the July 27 rally. The courts will consider the rest of the materials in future working days - the delay is due to the fact that the courts have difficulties "with notifying the persons in respect of whom protocols have been drawn up, especially those living in other regions." Some protocols are drawn up for citizens who do not have registration in Moscow, but live in the Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, Samara regions and other regions of Russia.