In Yekaterinburg, the court arrested political scientist Fedor Krasheninnikov in connection with the case of disrespect for power

Police in Yekaterinburg detained the political scientist and Columnist Vedomosti Fedor Krasheninnikov, he was not an administrative case of disrespect for power. It is reported by "MBH Media" from the words of Krasheninnikov himself.

“I was stopped by the police in the park, they said that they wanted to deliver an explanation to the department and drawing up a protocol on disrespect for power. I said that I won’t go without a lawyer, we are waiting. They say that the punishment is up to the arrest, ”the political scientist reports the publication.

Most likely we are talking about part 3 of Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (the dissemination of information on the Internet, expressing a clear disrespect for society, power to the state). Krasheninnikova will be represented by the lawyer of the international human rights group "Agora" Alexei Bushmakov.

10:54 on Krasheninnikov drew up a protocol on re-disrespect for power (part 4 of article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), Pavel Chikov, head of Agora, reports in his telegram channel.

According to the protocol, Krasheninnikov on March 14 in his telegram post with a comment on the request of Vladimir Putin to give clarifications on the number of presidential terms, insulted the judges of the Constitutional Court, calling them "*** in our mantles."

The political scientist is now facing an arrest of up to 15 days. The court will take place today.

16:20 The October District Court of Yekaterinburg arrested Fedor Krasheninnikov for 7 days, Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora human rights group, reports in his telegram channel.

The reason for this was the publication in the telegram channel of the political scientist with criticism of judges of the Constitutional Court.

The expert and a specialist concluded that "this expression wears a humiliating and insulting characteristic of the judges of the Constitutional Court." The police decided that this statement "offends human dignity and public morality, in this case, judges of the Constitutional Court." The court agreed with the arguments of the security forces and the conclusions of experts.

On July 27, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court upheld the arrest of Fedor Krasheninnikov, the Urals reports . MBH Media. "

The news title was changed due to the arrest of Krasheninnikov

• In the fall of 2019, Fedor Krasheninnikov was fined 30 thousand rubles also under an article on disrespect for power. The reason was the obscene political scientist in Telegram to the Vedomosti report on the arrest of an FBK employee Leonid Volkov.