A court in Khabarovsk fined a participant in the rally in support of Sergei Furgal 75 thousand rubles

In Khabarovsk, local resident Nikita Karaev was fined 75 thousand rubles due to a rally in support of the ex-governor of the region Sergei Furgal, which took place on January 18, 2021. About this Sota.

reports The decision was made by the Central District Court. Karaev was found guilty under the article on repeated violation of the rally legislation (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This is Karayev’s fifth trial due to participation in rallies, Sota notes. The activist was defended by lawyer Konstantin Bubon.

The day before - March 26 - Nikita Karaeva was called from the police to the department to draw up a report. Otherwise, law enforcement officers promised to come to his home. The activist came to the department, and after completing the paperwork, he was taken to a special detention center overnight before the trial. The protocol states that on January 18, Karaev walked on Lenin Square with a dog and thereby “covered up his participation in the rally,” Sota reports.

they called - Nikita Karaev was detained several times due to participation in protests, the last time in January 2021. He is also in a special detention center for the night before the trial. The next day, the court imposed a fine on Karaev under the article on participation in an action that interfered with infrastructure and traffic (Part 6.1, Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). left - In the Khabarovsk Territory and other regions of the country, since July 11, 2020, actions have been taking place in support of ex-governor Sergei Furgal. Until about July 18, the police made almost no attempt to interfere with the protesters, but later law enforcement officers began to detain the protesters. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they were detained after the protests, including on other days, right at home or at work, after which they were taken to police departments and courts, where they were fined or arrested. arrested - After the dispersal of the rally on October 10, 2020, criminal cases were filed against several people: three under the article on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) and under the “Dada” article on repeated violations of the procedure for holding public events (Article 212.1 UK). Currently, three of them are - one under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code and two under Article 318 of the Criminal Code (as it turned out, in the same two cases, insulting a government official was also charged - Article 319 of the Criminal Code). started one stopped at the investigation stage