In Kalmykia, a participant in a protest against the appointment of acting mayor Trapeznikov was fined

In Elista, the court fined Badma Byurchiev 20,000 rubles in connection with an action against the appointment of Acting Mayor Dmitry Trapeznikov. Byurchiev was found guilty of organizing a public event on October 1, which was not agreed with the authorities (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). about this . writes The "Caucasian Knot"

The judge considered Byurchiev the organizer of the protest because of the testimony of other protesters, as well as because of the recordings of the activist's speech at the event itself. Witnesses in the case stated that Byurchiev allegedly organized the distribution of leaflets. However, as the activist himself emphasized, he really participated in the distribution of leaflets, while he did not organize either it or the protest.

“The action is unique in that it has no organizers. On the video, which was examined in court, I stated several times directly that “this action has no organizers, this action is spontaneous”. The action was born in social networks, people were indignant, they themselves developed a form for holding the event, I just acted as a host, a speaker. As a journalist, a person who works with the word, I can formulate,” Byurchiev is quoted by the “Caucasian Knot”.

• On October 1, in Elista, on the territory of the cultural complex "Pagoda of Seven Days" in front of the Government House, was held a protest against Trapeznikov . The day before, the police warned the activists about the “inadmissibility of violations of the law”, and in social networks the townspeople were invited not to the action, but to the “prayer for the well-being of Elista”.
• On September 29, residents of Elista held a gathering demanding the removal of Acting Mayor Dmitry Trapeznikov from office. The Executive Committee of the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People questioned the legitimacy of Trapeznikov's appointment and asked the Russian Prosecutor General to verify his citizenship, education and length of service.