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Arrest, fine, return of the case to the police and hunger strike - the results of the trials of the communists in Penza
The deputy of the Penza City Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Alexander Smirnov was arrested for 7 days because of the announcement of the action on February 23. this He reports on his page on VKontakte.
The Leninsky District Court of Penza found Smirnov guilty under the article on organizing a public action without filing a notification (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
10,000 rubles under the article on calls for an uncoordinated action (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) was fined In the same court , Sergei Padalkin, coordinator of the local Left Front, . The case of the secretary of the Leninsky district committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Ruslan Bakhteev was returned by the court to the police to correct the shortcomings. This is reported by the online publication SMI58.ru.
Four communists, including Smirnov, Padalkin and Bakhteev, were detained the day before, on February 19.
21 February 21:24 The head of the Communist Party faction in the Penza City Duma, Alexander Smirnov, went on a hunger strike: he is currently serving an administrative arrest in the Lesnoy detention center. This is reported on the website of the Penza regional branch of the Communist Party.
February 25 Another person detained on February 19, Alexander Yermakov, was arrested for four days, according to the 7×7 portal.
- The authorities refused the Communist Party of the Russian Federation to agree on actions on February 23 against political repression in at least 12 cities - Krasnodar , Krasnoyarsk, Yoshkar-Ola , Neftekamsk , Yekaterinburg, Yaroslavl, Tyumen, Vladivostok, Penza , Ulyanovsk, Ufa and Moscow . Representatives of the regional branches of the party say that this is happening for the first time.
- In Penza, the action "For Russia without palaces and oligarchs", against political repressions and for a change of power was announced in the format of a meeting with deputies.