In Khabarovsk, the court overturned the arrest of a protest participant. He has already served his sentence

On appeal, the Khabarovsk Regional Court overturned the arrest and returned to the police the materials of the case of Denis Posmetyukhin, a participant in a number of protests in support of ex-governor Sergei Furgal. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Andrei Bityutsky.

On August 21, the court of first instance found Denis Posmetyukhin guilty of obstructing traffic (Part 6.1, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) at a rally in support of Furgal on July 27 and ordered three days of arrest. Posmetyukhin managed to leave them.

On the morning of August 21, police came to Posmetyukhin’s home and took him to the police department to draw up a report. Immediately after this, the activist was sent to court.

• Since July 11, residents of the Khabarovsk Territory have been holding actions in support of ex-governor Sergei Furgal. On Saturday, July 25, the procession in Khabarovsk gathered, according to various estimates, from 20 to 90 thousand participants.
• 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 .