The Oktyabrsky District Court refused to replace Andrei Borovikov, convicted under the “Dada” article, from compulsory labor to imprisonment. Borovikov himself reported this to OVD-Info.

The Criminal Correctional Inspectorate, which is responsible for the execution of compulsory labor by convicts, applied to the court with a demand to replace the sentence. According to the inspectorate, in March, the environmental activist and coordinator of Navalny’s Arkhangelsk headquarters missed mandatory work three times. According to Borovikov himself, during these days he was ill, for which there is a certificate, and about his absence he warned the person directly responsible at the place where the work was being performed - he characterizes Borovikov positively.

In September 2019, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk Borovikov was found guilty under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations of the established procedure for holding an action). He was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labor. A criminal case was opened after the activist’s participation in several peaceful protests against the construction of a landfill at Shies station. The appellate court upheld the verdict unchanged. admitted - Public attention was drawn to Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code after the only person convicted under this article, Moscow activist Ildar Dadin, reported on the torture he suffered in the colony. Dadin’s case was dismissed, he was released, and before that the Constitutional Court applied the article only in cases where a person’s actions pose a public danger. recommended

The court refused to change the sentence of the person convicted under the “Dada” article to imprisonment