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The court in Cheboksary declared the refusal to approve the “March of Nemtsov” illegal
The Leninsky District Court declared illegal the refusal to agree on a march in memory of politician Boris Nemtsov. The action was planned to be held on February 29th. about this Writes "Apology of Protest".
Mayor's office of Cheboksary on February 19 refused to approve the "March of Nemtsov" on the route from the park to them. V. I. Chapaev to the monument to Lenin on Karl Marx Street. In their refusal, the city authorities referred to Federal Law No. 54 and the ban in Chuvashia to hold public actions 50 meters or less from bus stations, government buildings, places of worship, playgrounds, and so on.
As an alternative, officials suggested holding a rally at the site near the Monument to the Victims of Political Repressions, which is located on Bohdan Khmelnitsky Street, that is, at the cemetery.
According to "Apology", the Leninsky District Court of Cheboksary and the Supreme Court of Chuvashia recognized the refusal to agree as legal.
The applicant of the rally, Semyon Kochkin, the coordinator of Navalny's local headquarters, with the support of lawyers from Apologia, filed a complaint against the refusal to agree and the decisions of the courts with the Sixth Court of Cassation.
The court considered the applications and canceled the earlier decisions, deciding to send the case for a new trial to the court of first instance.
The Leninsky District Court, after returning the case, issued a new decision and recognized the refusal of the Cheboksary mayor's office as illegal. The court referred to the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Russia and the European Court of Human Rights.
- Opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge on February 27, 2015. The killer and his accomplices were sentenced to terms of 11 to 20 years in a strict regime colony. The instigator of the crime has not been found. On the anniversary of the murder, commemorative events are held across the country.