In Perm, the court limited the period of familiarization with materials in the criminal case about the Putin dummy

The Leninsky District Court of Perm has limited the period of familiarization with the materials in the criminal case on a mannequin with the face of Vladimir Putin. about this with reference to the lawyer of the accused libertarian Alexander Kotov, Anastasia Shardakova. writes Mediazona

To familiarize with the five volumes of the criminal case, the court determined the period from December 24 to the evening of December 26.

In December, a psychological and linguistic examination commissioned by the Investigative Committee found signs of disrespect for society and motives for political hatred in Kotov's actions. Before that, in the spring, the linguistic examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not find in the text on the mannequin a negative assessment on the basis of gender, race, language, nationality, origin, or belonging to any group.

Prosecutor of the Perm Territory Andrey Yumshanov returned for additional investigation to the ICR a criminal case on group hooliganism “committed for political hatred or enmity” towards Vladimir Putin

On January 28, 2020, the criminal case on Putin's mannequin was returned for additional investigation. Prosecutor Andrey Yumshanov stated this at a meeting in the Perm Regional Court, writes MBKh Media.

• In November 2018, an effigy of Vladimir Putin in a prison uniform with the inscriptions “Liar” and “War criminal Pynya V.V.” was tied to an electric lighting pole in Perm. According to investigators, "unidentified persons, expressing clear disrespect for society based on political hatred or enmity, grossly violated public order."
• On the day the effigy was installed, Alexander Kotov was detained because he filmed the action on his phone. The next day after the rally, Shabarchin was detained , who denies participation in the rally. Shabarchin is also suspected of hanging an image of Putin on the city Christmas tree, under which unknown persons left leaky boxes with the inscriptions “VAT 20 percent” and “self-employment tax.”
• All three defendants in the case, Kotov, Vasiliev and Shabarchin, were searched, during which they confiscated their equipment, and Vasiliev also had his mother's phone number.
• OVD-Info spoke about other stories of pressure in connection with the mention of the president or the use of his image at public events.