A public garden defender was detained in Vologda

In Vologda, the defender of the square on Yaroslavskaya Street, Irina Yovzhiy, was detained. She was held at the police station for three hours without charge. She reported this to the OVD-Info hotline.

The activist was taken to police station No. 1 in Vologda because of a complaint filed by a lawyer for a company that is building up her yard. They took explanations from Yovzhiy and seized personal belongings, including a gas cartridge, under the protocol.

According to the statement, the defender of the square used a spray can against several men at the construction site. According to Yovzhiy, she sprayed it out of extreme necessity in self-defense, as the men used force on her.

Lawyer Roman Morozov was allowed to see Irina Yovzhiy at the police station. After an explanation and seizure of the pepper spray, Yovzhiy was released.

• in the park on Yaroslavskaya Street At the end of August, two people were detained . One of them, Sergei Pakholkov, was then dragged off a concrete block, when he fell, he hit his head on the car. An ambulance came to the police station three times, but refused to hospitalize him. Pakholkov died before the trial on 27 August . On the fact of death, a criminal case was opened under the article on causing death by negligence due to improper performance by a person of his professional duties (part 2 of article 109 of the Criminal Code).
• As the 7×7 publication wrote , during the quarantine, the city authorities signed a contract for the construction of a kindergarten in the courtyard of residential buildings on Yaroslavskaya Street in Vologda. According to city documentation, there should not be a kindergarten in this place. Local residents suggest keeping the park on Yaroslavskaya Street and building a kindergarten elsewhere.