The court in St. Petersburg returned the cases of participants in the protest in memory of Nemtsov to the first instance

The City Court of St. Petersburg returned to the first instance administrative cases against the federal coordinator of the movement "Spring" Alexander Vereshchagin, activist of "Spring" Mikhail Borisov and mundep Maxim Khalimovsky. Previously, they were found guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the march in memory of politician Boris Nemtsov. about this with reference to the defender Varvara Mikhailova. writes The Apology of Protest

The Petrogradsky District Court found the participants of the memorial action guilty under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses because of the slogans: allegedly “Russia will be free” and “Putin resign” did not correspond to the theme of the event. "Apology of protest" clarifies that the court in the appeal considered such a position to be inconsistent with the law, canceled the decision of the court of first instance and ruled that it was necessary to consider the administrative cases again.

• During May 2020, protocols were drawn up against seven participants in the agreed-upon rally in memory of Nemtsov in St. Petersburg under the article on violation of the procedure for holding the rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
• On February 29, rallies in memory of Boris Nemtsov were held in 31 Russian cities, during which were detained 13 people . In St. Petersburg, during a coordinated procession, in which about 1,500 people took part, the police detained 8 participants in the action. The security forces explained their actions either by a complaint about an offense, without specifying the details, or by the inconsistency of the poster with the theme of the event.