The head of Navalny's Arkhangelsk headquarters was charged with distributing pornography

The coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Arkhangelsk, Andrei Borovikov, was charged in the case of distributing pornography (clause “b”, part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code) because of the Rammstein “Pussy” video. This was reported by North-West. MBH Media".

According to investigators, in 2014, Borovikov published a video on VKontakte containing “naturalistic scenes depicting sexual intercourse, with a visual demonstration of the genitals,” which do not have “scientific, educational, artistic or historical value.”

The decision to charge him as a defendant states that the post was deleted in February 2020, but this did not influence the decision of the security forces to initiate a case.

The preventive measure for the coordinator—undertaking not to leave the place—has not changed.

• On September 29, security forces conducted a search of Borovikov in connection with the distribution of pornography. When the headquarters coordinator told the employees that he would let them in after the lawyer arrived, the law enforcement officers replied that they were not obliged to wait for him.
• In early September, the coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Arkhangelsk, Andrei Borovikov, was fined for promoting drugs on the Internet (Article 6.13 of the Administrative Code). The court found it in a video with Decl’s song posted on Borovikov’s VKontakte page.
• In September 2019, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Arkhangelsk found Borovikov guilty under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code (repeated violations of the established procedure for holding an action). He was sentenced to 400 hours of compulsory labor. A criminal case was opened after the activist’s participation in several peaceful protests against the construction of a landfill at Shies station. The appellate court upheld the verdict unchanged.