Kaluga human rights activist had her fine reduced by 10 thousand in the “rubber apartment” case on appeal

Tatyana Kotlyar, a human rights activist in Kaluga and the head of the local branch of For Human Rights, on appeal reduced the fine by 10,000 rubles in the “rubber apartment” case. This is reported by the publication "7 × 7" with reference to the lawyer Illarion Vasiliev.

In December, Kotlyar was fined 150,000 rubles under articles on fictitious registration of Russian citizens and foreigners (Article 322.2 and Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, she registered more than 400 people in this way (141 episodes of registration).

During the consideration of the appeal, the Obninsk City Court removed from the verdict the charge of fictitious registration of 22 migrants in January-March 2019: 20 episodes due to statute of limitations, 2 more were included by mistake.

In court, Kotlyar denied her guilt. She insisted that she registered the migrants free of charge, for humanitarian reasons, and there was no injured party in the case. Kotlyar plans to file a cassation appeal.

• This is the fourth criminal case against Kotlyar under the article on fictitious registration. The previous prosecution ended in April 2019, when the court decided to dismiss the case due to the notes to Articles 322.3 and 322.2 of the Criminal Code, according to which a person is exempted from criminal liability if he contributed to the disclosure of this crime. Then the human rights activist was charged with about 109 “criminal” episodes of registration of foreign citizens.
• The human rights activist has already been found guilty of fictitious registration of migrants. In 2015, Kotlyar was fined 150 thousand rubles, but was immediately amnestied. In 2017, she was again fined the same amount, but the court released her from the execution of the punishment due to the statute of limitations.
• In October, Radio Liberty released a film by Yulia Vishnevets "Rubber Flat". It tells the story of not only Tatyana Kotlyar herself, but also those she helps: Armenian Diana Tigranyan cannot enroll her children in school without a residence permit, and Ukrainian refugee Igor Rebrov needed registration after three months of captivity in the DPR.