In Yekaterinburg, a human rights activist was offered compulsory work in a cemetery for an administrative charge.

In Yekaterinburg, human rights activist Sergei Zykov was offered to do 20 hours of compulsory labor at the cemetery. a photo of the order on hiring on a gratuitous basis in the City Cemetery Service Zykov published on Facebook.

Former member of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) and mathematical physicist Zykov, on the basis of the decision of the Chkalovsky district department of bailiffs, will be instructed to improve the Ivanovo cemetery. Zykov draws attention to the fact that in the order in relation to him, turns are used from the criminal process - “convicted”. As the bailiff informed him, “this is their uniform, and they cannot correct it.”

Sergei Zykov was sentenced to 20 hours of compulsory work in November 2018 in connection with evading the execution of a court sentence (part 1 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses): the court considered that the human rights activist did not have time to pay a fine of 10 thousand rubles for participating in the unapproved action “He We are not a king” May 5, 2018. Zykov tried to challenge this decision, since the mandatory work was scheduled during working hours, according to Znak.com.

On January 28, 2020, bailiffs in Yekaterinburg detained Zykov allegedly for evading compulsory work (part 4 of article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). On the same day, by decision of the justice of the peace, Zykov was arrested for two days. On January 31, the district court overturned the arrest warrant due to unproven circumstances.