In St. Petersburg, an administrative case was opened against a nationalist due to a procession in the city center

We have changed the title of the news due to the clarification of information about the initiation of an administrative, not a criminal case.

In St. Petersburg, the police opened a criminal case under the article on hooliganism motivated by ethnic hatred (clause “b” part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code) against Dmitry Savshinsky, a participant in the February 10 march in the city center. This was reported by Fontanka, the information was also confirmed by two acquaintances of Savshinsky in a conversation with OVD-Info.

The criminal case was opened because of the action against the "replacement migration", which was held on February 10 on Zagorodny Avenue by the activists of the movement "Youth Vanguard of Russian Socialists" (MARS).

The marchers, according to MR-7.ru, marched along the roadway with a banner “No! Replacement migration”, chanting the slogan: “There is no Russia without Russians!”.

An acquaintance of Savshinsky told OVD-Info that the protester was detained on February 10. Now he is in police department No. 28. According to Fontanka, Savshinsky is in the status of a suspect.

16:07 No corpus delicti was found in the actions of the procession participants, the detainee was released, reports . Fontanka

16:31 The information of Fontanka is not confirmed by an acquaintance of Dmitry Savshinsky, who came to the police department. According to him, the detainee is still in the department, the duty unit refuses to report anything about Savshinsky. The young man was visited by Svetlana Ratnikova, a lawyer from Pravozashchita Otkryka.

16:41 A protocol was drawn up against Dmitry Savshinsky under the article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), according to the telegram channel of Human Rights Postcards. A hearing of the administrative case is scheduled for February 12.

19:37 According to Savshinsky's acquaintance, he is still in the department.

On February 12, at 15:30, Savshinsky was released from the police department late in the evening of February 11, according to Alla Frolova, coordinator of legal assistance at OVD-Info.

The marcher was fined under the article on violation of traffic rules by a pedestrian (Article 12.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Still, the protocol under the article on petty hooliganism (part 1 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) was not drawn up against Savshinsky.