The prosecutor requested a fine of 300 thousand for Voronezh resident Mikhail Kvasov. He is accused of threatening a judge

At a meeting on March 4 in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow, the prosecutor requested a fine of 300 thousand rubles for Voronezh resident Mikhail Kvasov, who is accused of threatening a judge (Part 1 of Article 296 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Olga Pelshe, who is defending Kvasov in court.

Judge Minin said that he regards Kvasov’s comment as a real threat to himself and still feels the danger. He testified behind closed doors, without the presence of listeners or the press.

The defense emphasized that Judge Minin was not mentioned in Mikhail Kvasov’s commentary. In addition, the judge is not registered on social networks and learned about the comment only from the press service of the Moscow City Court. It is unclear why Judge Minin felt threatened by Kvasov’s words.

The wording of the article under which Kvasov is accused assumes that the threat is aware of the specificity of his threat and wants consequences, noted Olga Pelshe.

“What did Mikhail Kvasov actually mean? What intentions did he have? The investigation should have paid attention to this, but I did not notice any desire on the part of the prosecution to find out this side of the act that it is investigating. Not once was Kvasov asked what his intentions were when leaving a comment. <...> All people who leave comments about him, including negative ones, are not a threat to his [Judge Minin - OVD-Info ] life and duties,” Mediazona quoted the lawyer as saying.

Mikhail Kvasov did not admit guilt.

“The man was unfairly sentenced to a long prison term for participating in peaceful protests. In this regard, I left a comment, projecting an abstract situation that could happen to any person. I had no intention, I know that threats are criminally punishable,” the Voronezh resident said at the meeting (quote quoted from the Novaya Gazeta broadcast ).

Kvasov’s sentence will be announced on March 5 at 12 noon.

• An Instagram user under the pseudonym “Chimera of All Rus'” published a photo of Judge Minin with the caption “Meet Judge Minin, he was the one who sentenced Kotov to four years in prison.” According to the prosecution, Mikhail Kvasov commented on the post with the words “I encourage everyone to go to rallies, I will go out and kill the judge,” and Judge Minin considered the comment a threat to his life.
• In December, Mikhail Kvasov was given a written undertaking not to leave the territory of the Voronezh region. He was detained on December 10 and taken to Moscow.
• Judge Stanislav Minin of the Tverskoy District Court sentenced Kotov to four years in a general regime colony on September 5. His case was essentially considered in two days. Two days after the arrest, on August 12, investigators announced the end of the investigation.