The court canceled the fine of 200 thousand rubles for a picket with a poster “Release Ilya Azar without any bazaar”

The Moscow City Court canceled the fine imposed on Anastasia Lotareva, editor-in-chief of Takikh Dela, due to a single picket in support of journalist and municipal deputy Ilya Azar. This was reported by lawyer Mikhail Biryukov, who defended Lotareva.

In August, the Tverskoy District Court found Anastasia Lotareva guilty under the article on repeated violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) and imposed a fine of 200 thousand rubles. On appeal, the Moscow City Court canceled the fine on formal grounds and sent the case back for review.

In June, Lotareva's protocol was returned to the police - the police did not explain what exactly the offense was expressed in. In the revised protocol, they indicated that the journalist had participated in a "hidden form of a collective public event."

• Anastasia Lotareva was detained at a solitary picket on May 28. She came out in support of Ilya Azar, who was arrested for participating in a solo picket. On the poster of Lotareva it was written: "Let Ilya Azar go without any market."
• Novaya Gazeta journalist and municipal deputy of the Khamovniki district Ilya Azar was arrested for 15 days for a picket in support of the author of the Police Ombudsman, Vladimir Vorontsov, and activist Viktor Nemytov, who was detained earlier for a similar picket. Azar was found guilty of repeated violation of the rules of the action (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). "Police Ombudsman" - originally a group " VKontakte ", created by Vladimir Vorontsov, when he worked in the police and the Center "E", then the pages appeared in other social networks. The public covers information about the violation of the rights of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and criticism of the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Following Azar, many Moscow journalists and activists began to go out in single pickets in support of Vorontsov, Nemytov and himself.
• In the summer of 2019, Anastasia Lotareva was placed on a preventive record after participating in a one-man picket in support of Meduza journalist Ivan Golunov, who was charged with drug possession.