The coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vladivostok, which ceased work, was released on his own recognizance

The Pervorechensky Court of Vladivostok rejected the investigation's request to take into custody Ekaterina Ostapenko, the coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Vladivostok, which ceased work, as part of the case of involving minors in illegal activities. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Alexey Ananyev, who represents her interests.

Ostapenko was released, the investigation will assign her a written undertaking not to leave the place and proper behavior.

Ostapenko is a suspect under two articles: making communications routes unusable (Part 1 of Article 267 of the Criminal Code) and involving minors in illegal activities (Part 1 of Article 150 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, Ostapenko “organized” the action on January 23 in Vladivostok, posting notes about it on the Internet. According to the investigator, two minors saw these recordings and took part in the protest, going out onto the street in the city center and blocking the way for cars.

Ostapenko in Ussuriysk on April 24 and was taken for interrogation to the Vladivostok Ministry of Internal Affairs, then she was taken to court as a preventive measure.

detained detained The Primorsky Regional Court upheld the decision of the district court not to place Ostapenko in custody. This was also reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Alexey Ananyev.

May 21 Procedural issues were clarified: the court rejected the investigation's request for detention, the decision on the arrest will be made by the investigation - In connection with Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia. The most massive actions took place and. The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23 they detained, and on January 31 -. the detention of more than 4,000 people on January 31, more than 5,500 - In total, in the wake of protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny, at least 90 criminal cases were opened throughout the country, most of the defendants are accused of using violence against government officials that is not dangerous to life and health (h 1 Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “.” Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe - In Vladivostok, to date, three people are known to be accused under Article 318 of the Criminal Code (one of them, Alexander Olekhnovich, was sentenced to two years probation on April 20), one - under Article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism), one - under Article 214 of the Criminal Code (vandalism). sentenced