The court denied parole to Konstantin Kotov

The Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region denied parole to Konstantin Kotov, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on charges of repeated violations of the procedure for holding public events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Maria Eismont.

In the Telegram channel of Kotov’s support group, activists say that the convict should be released from the colony on December 16, and the defense petitioned the court for release 9 days earlier. A representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service stated at the meeting that “Kotov has not yet reformed,” so the defense’s motion should be rejected.

On September 24, the court of cassation confirmed the verdict against Kotov. This was already the second review of Kotov’s sentence in the cassation court. For the first time, on the proposal of the Prosecutor General's Office, this court appealed a ruling of the Moscow City Court, which recognized the legality of the decision to send Kotov to a colony for four years. April 20 Moscow City Court Kotov is up to one and a half years old.

left canceled reduced the sentence of civil activist Konstantin Kotov in September 2019 to four years in prison under the “Dada” article (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) due to participation in, near the FSB building, in support of Ivan Golunov and after the rally for fair elections 10 August, as well as a call to go to Trubnaya Square because independent candidates were not allowed to the Moscow City Duma before the elections. sentenced to the gathering in support of Azat Miftakhov at the gathering “In Defense of the New Generation” of the walk action - Appeal against the verdict of Konstantin Kotov 14 lawyers. An agreement was concluded with each of them for the amount of 212 rubles 10 kopecks. The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict during the first hearing of the case. filed without changes - After a request from a Dozhd correspondent at the President’s December press conference to pay attention to this criminal case, Putin ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to conduct an investigation. That sentence was legal, but somewhat harsh - and decided that Kotov needed to commute his sentence to 1 year in prison, sending a corresponding submission to the cassation. In January, the Constitutional Court reviewed Kotov’s sentence, citing its ruling against Ildar Dadin, the first person convicted under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. instructed , considered, decided - At the end of July, a similar case was against Moscow municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina, in October - against a resident of Khabarovsk, a participant in actions in support of the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal. excited Alexander Prikhodko