A Social Alternative activist was questioned as part of a pre-investigation check on the “Dada” article

In Moscow, Sotsalternativa activist Matvey Aleksandrov was asked to provide explanations as part of the pre-investigation check on “Dadinskaya”. His interests are represented by lawyer from OVD-Info Maria Eismont.

Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code “There is no criminal case today. The decision on whether to initiate a criminal case or not will be made by the investigator based on the results of the pre-investigation check,” Eismont said in an interview with OVD-Info.

After giving an explanation, Alexandrov was released from the Basmanny interdistrict prosecutor's office, and is now at large.

On April 6, an activist left the special detention center where he spent 40 days. He was arrested for distributing leaflets about the March 5 strike and participating in support of Alexei Navalny.

actions were detained - At the end of February, Matvey Alexandrov for 25 days. He was found guilty under the article of repeated violation of the rules for holding actions (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) due to the distribution of leaflets about the strike that Socialist Femalternativa planned to hold on March 5. After leaving the special detention center, he was again charged with participation in the action on January 23 and arrested for 15 days. arrested, detained - Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code prescribes punishment if a person, at the time of initiation of the case, has more than two court decisions under the article on violation of the procedure for holding public events (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), which entered into force within six months. The first person convicted under this article was activist Ildar Dadin; after his case, the Constitutional Court initiated cases only if the actions of the alleged violator constituted a threat to society. Currently, a civil activist from Kolomna near Moscow, a participant in protests in Krasnoyarsk and the coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Khabarovsk are being persecuted under this article. recommended Vyacheslav Egorov Pavel Khokhlov Alexey Vorsin