The court received a report against the secretary of the Irkutsk regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the “rally” article

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk received an administrative protocol under the article on violation of the rules of participation in the action (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) against the secretary of the local regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Sergei Levchenko, the namesake of the ex-governor of the Irkutsk region, the Taiga.info website reports .

The regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation believes that a protocol can be drawn up for participation in a meeting of State Duma deputies near the Trud sports palace on September 5, which was attended by about 200 people. At it, State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin called on the townspeople to “defend the region and Lake Baikal,” and Sergei Levchenko announced the preparation of a bill “that would abolish clear-cutting on the shores of Lake Baikal.”

Taiga.info notes that a protocol could also have been drawn up for the march through the center of Irkutsk on August 22 in support of the protests in Khabarovsk. Afterwards, the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation held a meeting at the Trud sports palace dedicated to the problems of Lake Baikal. The mayor's office of Irkutsk did not approve this action, citing anti-coronavirus restrictions, and the Prosecutor General's Office blocked its announcement on the party's website.

• The Prosecutor General's Office continues to seek the removal of announcements of actions in Irkutsk in support of the protests in Khabarovsk. Shortly before the action that took place on October 10, 10 posts disappeared from the public page of the “New Russia - a Free Country” movement, administered by Pavel Kharitonenko. Similar posts were also blocked for promotion on Instagram, but after Kharitonenko’s complaint, the support service restored access. Despite the disappearance of the posts, the procession organized by the movement took place .
• Since July 11, in the Khabarovsk Territory and other regions of the country, rallies have been held in support of the arrested ex-governor Sergei Furgal. Until approximately July 18, the Khabarovsk police made almost no attempt to interfere with the protesters, but later law enforcement officers began to detain the protesters. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they were detained after the protests, including on other days, right at home or at work, after which they were taken to police departments and courts, where they were fined or arrested. After the dispersal of the rally on October 10 in Khabarovsk, criminal cases were opened against several people: three under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and one under the “Dada” article on repeated violations of the procedure for holding public events (Article 212.1 UK).
• On July 9, the then-current governor of the Khabarovsk Territory, Sergei Furgal, was detained by FSB officers on suspicion of involvement in a number of contract killings. He was taken to Moscow, where he was placed in custody. On July 20, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Furgal’s resignation from the post of governor and appointed Furgal’s LDPR party member Mikhail Degtyarev to this post as acting. In November, Furgal’s arrest was extended until March 2021, the meeting was held behind closed doors.