Mikhail Benyash was arrested for 5 days for the call to provide legal assistance to protesters

Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash was arrested for 5 days under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the rules of mass events), his lawyer Timur Filippov reports.

Judge of the Leninsky District Court Roman Zhmhetkin considered that Mikhail Benyash called for participation in the procession on January 23, while Mikhail himself repeatedly stated that he called on lawyers and lawyers to defend the detainees for the shares, because according to the court: “The organization of a public event is understood not only calls to take direct participation in it, but also calls to take other actions directly related An unauthorized public event, including providing legal assistance to the participants of the specified event. ”

Earlier, the Protocol wrote that Judge Roman Zhmetkin sentenced the coordinator of the Krasnodar "headquarters of Navalny" Anastasia Penchenko by 10 days of arrest.