The person accused of hitting a police officer on the day of the rally on January 23 was given a year's probation.

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow imposed a suspended year of imprisonment on Muscovite Alexander Muchaev in the case of hitting a security officer during an action on January 23. MBKh Media reported this with reference to the press service of the court.

reports The young man was found guilty under the article on the use of violence not dangerous to health against a representative of the authorities (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, Muchaev, on the day of the Moscow rally on January 23, hit a policeman with his car.

We are probably talking about an incident when a car in which Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina and municipal deputy Lyusya Stein were sitting hit a police officer. Them as witnesses in this case.

detained After the arrest, Alexandra Muchaev, the author of the telegram channel about music “On the Facts,” was prohibited from certain actions: attending mass events and communicating with other defendants in the case.

appointed The court considered Muchaev’s case in a special manner - without a trial or examination of evidence, since he fully admitted his guilt. A representative of the prosecutor's office asked for 1.5 years in a general regime colony for Muchaev.

• On January 26, the Investigative Committee announced the detention of two “natives of Kalmykia” on charges of violence against police officers on January 23. Later it became known that one of the detainees’ name is Evgeniy Yesenov, he is in a pre-trial detention center. The second detainee was Alexander Muchaev. sent - In addition to Muchaev, two more Russian citizens were given criminal penalties under the article on the use of violence against police during the protests on January 23. Thus, the trial in Vladimir sentenced Vitaly Timofeenko to three years in prison, who, according to investigators, sprayed pepper spray towards security forces. A resident of Kostroma to one and a half years of forced labor. sentenced sentenced