POC member Marina Litvinovich was fined 150 thousand rubles per protest against amendments to the Constitution

The Moscow City Court upheld a fine of 150 thousand rubles to a member of the Public Monitoring Commission Marina Litvinovich due to the collection of signatures against amendments to the Constitution. about this She wrote in her telegram channel.

Thus, the court recognized as lawful the decision of the Lyublinsky District Court, which considered the case of a member of the PMC under the article on repeated violation of the rules for holding a public event (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The action, due to which the protocol was drawn up, took place on July 15, 2020 on Pushkinskaya Square as part of the “No!” campaign. Its participants collected signatures in defense of the old text of the Constitution.

itself It was not possible to agree on the event , and after the collection of signatures turned into a procession, the police began to detain those present. that day . were detained In total, according to OVD-Info, 147 people

• Today, March 10, police in Syktyvkar detained human rights activist Ernest Mezak, who was about to fly to a hearing on the Litvinovich case. After the arrest, Mezak was taken to court and arrested for 12 days. The court charged him with an article on disobedience to the demands of police officers (part 1 of article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) for actions in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31.