The court appointed 5 days of arrest to the detainee at the anti -fascist march

On January 20, the Tverskaya District Court of Moscow found the police to the police somber (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) Konstantin Fokin, detained at the anti -fascist action of memory, guilty of disobedience. He was appointed 5 days of arrest. This was reported by a lawyer from the OVD-Info Mikhail Biryukov.

The hearing began with a great delay - the defense side awaited the judge for more than 10 hours.

Fokin was detained on January 19 before the start of the action due to the poster with the inscription "Putin leave." According to police officers, Fokin refused to obey the request "to get up from the asphalt and proceed with them for trial." After the detention, he was delivered to the Tverskaya police department, where he was left overnight before the trial.

• On January 19, 2020, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, an annual rally of memory was held, dedicated to the memory of the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist of Novaya Gazeta, who were killed on January 19, 2009, Anastasia Baburova. In Moscow, some municipal deputies, outraged by the recent proposals of Vladimir Putin about the change in the constitution, called for joining the procession of anti -fascists with the slogan “Do not change!”. In Moscow, 9 people were detained for stocks.