The court arrested the head of the Moscow branch of The Other Russia for 10 days for the action on June 12

The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow has appointed 10 days of arrest to the head of the Moscow branch of the Other Russia, Olga Shalina, for participating in the rally on June 12, Yulia Chekunaeva, a lawyer at OVD-Info, said. Olga Shalina was defended in court by lawyer Andrey Plotnikov.

The court charged Shalina with a repeated violation of the article on participation in an uncoordinated action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On June 12, she was detained in the Hermitage Garden. In the report, the police indicated that the arrest took place on Strastnoy Boulevard. During the process, the court attached to the case file a video recording showing that Shalina was detained in the Hermitage Garden, where no protests were taking place at that moment: the police approached her and took her to a paddy wagon.

• On June 12, a march was held in Moscow in defense of journalist Ivan Golunov and against the fabrication of criminal cases under anti-drug article 228 of the Criminal Code. The police detained 530 protesters. We continue to follow the trials of the detainees.