The fine to the Perm Memorial was canceled, the case of “unauthorized seizure of the forest” was dropped

On January 15, the court of second instance canceled the fine to the Perm regional branch of the Memorial society and dismissed the case of “unauthorized seizure of forest areas.” The Public Verdict Foundation reports this.

In October, the Ministry of Forestry of the Perm Territory fined the chairman of the Perm “Memorial” Robert Latypov 50 thousand rubles and the society itself 200 thousand rubles for an expedition to the cemetery of Lithuanian and Polish repressed people. The fines were imposed under the article on unauthorized occupation of forest areas (Article 7.9 of the Administrative Code). In addition, the ministry issued a demand to the society to eliminate the identified violations.

The interests of the Perm “Memorial” were represented by the lawyer of the “Public Verdict” Foundation, Elena Pershakova.

17:21 The administrative case against the head of Perm Memorial, Robert Latypov, was also dropped, and the fine of 50 thousand rubles was cancelled, reports Public Verdict.

• An administrative case was opened against the Perm “Memorial” and its chairman in connection with an expedition to the Polish-Lithuanian cemetery of repressed people in the abandoned village of Galyashor, Kudymkar district, Perm region. Memorial planned to improve the cemetery and install memorial signs.
• In December 2019, investigators from the Kudymkarsky police department suspended the criminal proceedings under the article on illegal deforestation (Part 2 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code), which was initiated after the Perm Memorial expedition.
• On August 10 and 11, 2019, police came to the expedition for interrogation, and a few days later two criminal cases were opened . The expedition members were accused of illegal logging (Article 260 of the Criminal Code), and local resident Leonid Ladanov was accused of fictitious registration of foreign citizens (Article 322.2 of the Criminal Code).