The third participant in the “Change the government, not the Constitution” action was detained in St. Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, in the Tauride Garden, Ali Khantimirov was detained in connection with participation in the action with the banner "Change the government, not the Constitution." Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov told OVD-Info about this.

Khantimirov was detained while walking with his wife. He is being taken to OP No. 28. The interests of the detainee will be represented by human rights activists Dinar Idrisov, Ilya Tkachenko and Maria Malysheva.

Khantimirov is the third detainee in the wake of the action with the banner.

“In relation to all three activists, political investigation methods were actively used using “special technical measures”, that is, phone tracking, outdoor surveillance, wiretapping, and so on. Methods that were previously used by special services only in relation to persons who committed a criminally punishable act, ”Idrisov emphasized.

23:50 Khantimirov is left for the night in the police department, he is charged with an article on repeated violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). This is reported by the telegram channel "Yagrazhdanin!".

7 August 11:40 am Judge of the Kuibyshevsky District Court Anton Savlenkov on August 6 postponed consideration of Khantimirov's case to August 10. This was reported to OVD-Info by Khantimirov's defender Dinar Idrisov.

The court granted the request to postpone the meeting so that Khantimirov could prepare for the consideration of the case. In addition, defender Idrisov could not appear at the hearing on August 6: the court also considered this a good reason for adjournment.

• Other detainees in connection with the rally, Yevgeny Musin and Marina Ken, were placed under administrative arrest by the court. Musin - 20 days, Ken - 15 days.
• Banner with the inscription "Change the government, not the Constitution!" appeared for a few minutes on Nevsky Prospekt on 16 July. The banner on Nevsky Prospekt was unfurled as soon as the green light for pedestrians came on. At the red signal of the traffic light of the pedestrian crossing, while the banner was being rolled up, the activists lifted the banner so that cars could pass under it. Activists Yevgeny Musin and Marina Ken made no secret of their involvement in the action. The next day, in the morning, began to watch law enforcement officers near their houses, and at night the activists decided to go to the police station in the presence of defenders, where they were detained and left in the police station for the night. At both, protocols were drawn up under Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.