In Moscow, municipal deputy Lyusya Stein was detained in a special detention center as a suspect in a “sanitary case,” reports Apology of Protest, citing lawyer Mansur Gilmanov.
Stein served 10 days of arrest under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) on January 23.
After the action on January 23 for the release of Alexei Navalny, the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules (Article 236 of the Criminal Code).
accused in this case Currently, Navalny’s brother Oleg, Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina, head of the Doctors’ Alliance Anastasia Vasilyeva, Navalny LIVE producer Lyubov Sobol, head of the Moscow headquarters Oleg Stepanov, and the politician’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh are . All of them are under house arrest.
Also the day before, oppositionist Nikolai Lyaskin was detained at the exit from the special detention center in connection with this case. The court imposed a preventive measure on him in the form of a ban on certain actions.