A wave of arrests of chapters and coordinators of the headquarters of Navalny swept through the cities of Russia

After the mass protests , held on January 23 in 110 cities of Russia, a wave of arrests of chapters and coordinators of local headquarters Alexei Navalny swept through the regions.

In Yekaterinburg, the Leninsky District Court on Sunday arrested for 10 days the head of the city headquarters of Navalny Alexei Gresko under an article on violation of the procedure for holding a public event. Gresko’s lawyer Alexei Bushmakov specified RIA Novosti that Gresko was found guilty under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Up to 10 thousand citizens came to stocks in support of Navalny, which took place on Saturday in the center of Yekaterinburg. Police officers through the loudspeakers warned that the action was not agreed and asked to disperse. Several people were detained.

In Belgorod, the court found the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny Maxim Klimov in organizing and conducting an inconsistent mass event, part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. “He was sentenced to administrative arrest for a period of 9 days. Almost the maximum term,” said in a message on the headquarters page in social networks with reference to the lawyer of the accused. The action in support of Navalny in Belgorod gathered about a thousand people. The participants gathered at the Lenin Central Park, then walked along the streets of the city to the central square of the city, where the rally took place. The police did not hinder the protesters, but after the end of the rally, Klimov and six more participants in the action were detained.

In Moscow, the Simonovsky court of the city arrested for five days the coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny Oleg Stepanov for calls to participate in an inconsistent campaign on January 23. "Oleg was arrested for 5 days for the publication in the Telegram channel links to the video from the YouTube channel of Navalny," said his lawyer Daniil Berman. Stepanova was also found guilty under part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ("Organization of a public event without submitting a notification").

In Novosibirsk, the Central District Court on Saturday recognized the coordinator of the local headquarters of Alexei Navalny deputy of the City Council Sergey Boyko guilty of re -organizing an illegal mass campaign. As stated in a court decision, Boyko was found guilty of committing an administrative offense under part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, and "was punished in the form of administrative arrest for a period of 28 days."

In Krasnoyarsk, the court arrested for 8 days the coordinator of the headquarters of Alexei Navalny Anastasia Korsakov under the article on the organization of rallies. "Court: ... I guilty of an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation ..., sentenced to an administrative arrest for a period of 8 days ...", her lawyer Vladimir Vasin said on Facebook. “For the first time in my practice in such a case, in court the state prosecution was represented by the prosecutor in a blue uniform. And today is also Sunday,” Vasin added. In total, about 1000 people entered the protest in Krasnoyarsk, 38 of them were detained.

In St. Petersburg, during a protest campaign in support of Navalny, the coordinator of his headquarters Irina Fatyanova was detained. In total, 525 people were detained on street shares in the city. The police forcibly creates a photo of the opposition supporters and draws up protocols. The detainees are accused of participating in an unauthorized procession with the creation of the transport of transport - paragraph 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which involves an arrest up to 15 days.

In Kurgan, the Skype court for 30 days arrested the coordinator of the headquarters of Navalny in this city of Alexei Schwartz. In order to quickly hold a court session, without bothering too law enforcement agencies and judges, in the mound they came up with a remote method of sentencing. The coordinator of the Kurgan headquarters of Navalny was tried right in the police department through the video service service. In total, several hundred people came out on the Saturday protest in Kurgan, 15 of them were detained.