In St. Petersburg, the court rejected the claim to lift the ban on protests during the pandemic

In St. Petersburg, the Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction refused to consider a claim to lift the ban on holding protests in the city. about this on his Telegram channel . spoke Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov, one of the claimants,

According to Idrisov, about a hundred plaintiffs asked the court to lift the ban on holding mass and non-mass events, including single-person pickets. The city authorities introduced such a ban in March 2020 in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection.

In June 2020, this lawsuit was already refused to be considered by the St. Petersburg City Court.