In Yekaterinburg, the case against a picketer who thanked Putin for the COVID-19 vaccine was dropped

In Yekaterinburg, a court dismissed a case against Vadim Pankratov, known as Ded-Piket, following his appearance with a poster in support of Putin before a rally in support of Navalny, which took place on January 31. about it . writes Znak.com

Pankratov was charged with an article on participation in an unapproved action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the poster “Thank you, Putin, I got grafted! I came here to thank you."

Pankratov himself did not participate in the meeting, but his lawyer presented the picketer's explanations. According to the newspaper, Grandfather-picket emphasized that Putin "made a great contribution to the victory over the coronavirus pandemic."

In court, Lieutenant Colonel Anton Troshin, head of the department for the execution of administrative legislation of the Yekaterinburg Ministry of Internal Affairs, spoke out against Pankratov. The silovik said that the poster of the picketer is a “posture”.

The judge, reading out the decision to dismiss the case against Ded-Piket, specified that Pankratov's "pro-government views" did not affect the outcome of the case.

• Vadim Pankratov was pursued by the authorities for participating in protests against the destruction of a public garden near the Drama Theater in 2019. The court sentenced a Putin supporter to a fine of 20,000 rubles under the article on violence against a representative of the authorities (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) - he was accused of hitting a policeman with a newspaper.