Amnesty International recognized the case of the ex-head of the headquarters of Navalny in Arkhangelsk politically motivated

The International Organization of Amnesty International recognized the criminal case of the former head of the headquarters of Navalny in Arkhangelsk Andrei Borovikov, politically motivated. Borovikov is accused of spreading pornography due to the repost of the Rammstein group for the song "Pussy" on the social network VKontakte in 2014. This was reported to the North of Realities by Amnesty International.

"Andrei Borovikov regularly takes part and organizes peaceful meetings, participates in a public discussion about socially advanced problems, including social networks. His opinion is often diverging from the position of executive branch, and some of its representatives clearly do not like his criticism. In this context, we see the current criminal prosecution of Andrei Borovikov with politically motivated, aiming to punish and disintegrate it Criticism of the authorities, "writes Amnesty International

Borovikov agrees with the opinion of Amnesty International and calls the criminal case against himself unfair and politically motivated. According to him, the video of the Rammstein group replaced about 200 users on their pages, but the criminal case was instituted only against the activist.

“It seems to me that the operatives are taking revenge on me. This was evident from the case file, because it was brought back in November, after 2 weeks, when I was not able to put me according to the“ Dadin ”article [ the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on repeated violation of the rally rules - approx. ]. They were silent from November 2019 to September 2020. What did they not warn me? Letters of Amnesty International, I am very grateful to them, they stood up for me even according to the "Dadin" article, wrote my characteristics and many human rights organizations also stand up for me, "Borovikov told the Sever. Real website.

A criminal case was opened against Andrei Borovikov under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - repeated violations of the rallies' law due to the organization of an unauthorized rally against the construction of the garbage training ground in the center of Arkhangelsk, when thousands of people came to a protest campaign.

In September 2019, the Oktyabrsky District Court sentenced the head of Navalny’s headquarters to 400 hours of compulsory work. Borovikov could not appeal the verdict.

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