Two more criminal cases were opened in St. Petersburg in the wake of the action on January 23

In St. Petersburg, the police opened criminal cases on the involvement of minors in committing antisocial acts (Article 151 of the Criminal Code) and intentional damage to a traffic police car (Article 167 of the Criminal Code) in connection with the January 23 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg.

The department's release does not say whether there are any suspects in the new criminal cases.

In St. Petersburg, following the action on January 23, two criminal cases have already been opened for assault on police officers (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), as well as a case for blocking roads (Part 1 of Article 267 of the Criminal Code).

• On January 23, protests took place throughout Russia in support of opposition politician Alexei Navalny: he was sent into custody for 30 days, and the Federal Penitentiary Service is demanding that his suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case be replaced with a real one. Not only supporters of the politician, but also random people faced pressure from the authorities on the eve of the protests, and arrests in connection with the protests on January 23 began three days before the protests. OVD-Info was online .
• To date, more than twenty criminal cases have been opened in the wake of the protest.