In Vladivostok, a participant in a rally in support of Khabarovsk residents was sentenced to 7 days

The Leninsky District Court of Vladivostok sentenced Yuri Bolshov, a participant in the rally in support of Khabarovsk residents and against the arrest of ex-governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Sergei Furgal, to 7 days of arrest. Itil Temnaya, who is familiar with the situation, told OVD-Info about this.

In Vladivostok, on July 25, a “political cleanup” was held, which ended with a procession through the streets of the city. The police did not interfere with the action, but after it ended, they detained four of its participants, including Bolshov. He was released with a report on violation of the rules of participation in the event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

However, on the morning of July 26, Bolshov was detained again. The police reclassified the case as an article on holding a public event without filing a notification (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The police explained this decision by the fact that they found a video where Bolshov allegedly used a megaphone to call for participation in the action on July 25. In addition, according to the police, it was Bolshov who led the procession for some time. The police seized the megaphone from Bolshov as evidence in the case.

July 30. The Primorsky Regional Court upheld a seven-day arrest for a participant in the rally in support of Khabarovsk ex-governor Furgal Yuri Bolshov.

• Since July 11, residents of the Khabarovsk Territory have been holding actions in support of Governor Sergei Furgal. The procession on July 11 through the streets of Khabarovsk to the building of the regional government, according to various estimates, gathered from 5 to 35 thousand people. The police did not interfere with the protesters, and there were no arrests. However, this is not the first time that a court in Vladivostok will order the arrest of a participant in protests in support of Furgal.
• The then-current governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, was detained on July 9 by FSB officers on suspicion of involvement in a number of contract killings. He was taken to Moscow, where, by decision of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, he was placed in custody until September 9. On July 16, the Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of Furgal’s defense and recognized this decision as legal. On July 20, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Furgal’s resignation from the post of governor and appointed Furgal’s fellow party member in the LDPR, Mikhail Degtyarev, to this post as interim, Mediazona reported .