In St. Petersburg, a civil activist was detained “because of last year’s action.”

In St. Petersburg, civil activist Alexandra Shashok was detained near her house. She reported this to the legal bot OVD-Info.

The police took Shashok to the department - it is not yet known which one. They cited a certain action in October 2020 as the reason for the arrest. Later it became known that she was charged with participating in a rally in support of Khabarovsk on October 3, 2020 near Gostiny Dvor.

It is known that the car with Alexandra Shashok has been on the road for more than forty minutes. At the moment she is driving along the ring road past the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg. They still do not say where the police want to take the detainee.

08:47 Shashok clarified that she did not participate in the actions either on the outskirts of St. Petersburg or outside the city.

Alexandra Shashok was brought to police department No. 28 of the Central District of St. Petersburg.

09:29 The checker was issued a delivery protocol. It is still unclear what offense is being charged. She was advised by OVD-Info lawyer Elena Makarova.

11:26 Police keep the activist in the department for more than three hours, despite the fact that she has a minor daughter who is under 14 years old. Human rights activist Vladimir Vasilenko told OVD-Info about this. He arrived at the department to provide legal assistance, but the police refuse to let him see the detainee.

13:40 illegally Alexandra Shashok was illegally left at the police station pending trial. A protocol on organizing an uncoordinated action was drawn up against her (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). In response to the arguments of human rights activist Vladimir Vasilenko about the decision of the Constitutional Court, the police, according to him, said: “If you don’t like something, you have the right to declare it in court.”

14:30 The hearing was postponed to January 26, Alexandra Shashok is free, her lawyer is Vladimir Vasilenko.

January 18 reports Added information about the imputed action - Alexander Shashok in the fall of 2020 for an action in support of protesters in Belarus and during a performance against the forced psychiatric examination of Alexander Merkulov, accused of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). fined , detained