A court in Moscow fined 20,000 participants in single-person pickets against police violence

The judge of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow, Irina Zubova, fined Vladimir Mitrofanov, a participant in a series of solo pickets against police violence, 20,000 rubles. This was reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info Vasily Kushnir, who defended Mitrofanov in court.

Zubova found Mitrofanov guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The case was considered for two meetings: at the request of the defense, the consideration was postponed to call the police for questioning.

According to Kushnir, at the court session on August 18, they nevertheless managed to interrogate the policemen. Law enforcement officers could not remember Mitrofanov, but said that they may have detained him.

At the first meeting in the Mitrofanov case, which took place on July 23, the lawyer filed motions to keep the minutes of the court session, as well as to summon the prosecutor to ensure the adversarial nature of the parties. The judge, however, refused to grant these motions.

18:00 Judge Zubova also fined Margarita Filatova and Maria Chernykh, participants of the single-person pickets on June 2. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info Elena Makarova, who defended the picketers in court.

The court found Filatova and Chernykh guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed fines of 20,000 rubles on both participants in single-person pickets.

18:50 The same judge imposed three more fines on June 2 picketers Ivan Babkin, Ksenia Loginova and Roza Pozdnyakova, Maria Eismont, a lawyer from OVD-Info, reports.

The court found all three picketers guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the rally (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), and imposed fines of 20,000 rubles each.

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