The court sent to pre-trial detention the person involved in the case of violence against riot police at the Moscow rally on January 23

The Presnensky District Court chose a preventive measure for the new defendant in the “palace case,” Alexander Federyakov. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Alexander Borkov, who represents the interests of the protester.

Federyakov was sent to a pre-trial detention center until April 23.

A resident of Moscow on March 31 after a search in his apartment. As Federyakov’s wife said, investigative actions were carried out in the morning and in the presence of their young children.

Federyakov was detained and charged with an article on violence against a representative of the authorities (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the man sprayed a gas canister towards a riot police officer during the action on January 23. Federyakov’s wife emphasized that her husband did not commit any illegal actions.

Until the trial, the detainee was kept in a temporary detention facility as the suppression proceeded.

• A series of protests took place across Russia in connection with Alexei Navalny. The most massive actions took place in and in. The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23 they detained, and on January 31 -. On the day the sentence in the Yves Rocher case was changed to a real one, near the Moscow City Court building and in the center of Moscow, including journalists. arrests Saturday January 23 Sunday January 31 more than 4,000 people more than 5,500were detained - In total, at least 90 criminal cases were opened across the country in the wake of the protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny.