The defendant in the “palace case” Valery Evsin was found in pre-trial detention center-3 in the city of Kizel

The defendant in the “palace case,” Valery Evsin, was found in pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the city of Kizel, Perm Territory. This was reported by the project “Prisoners 212” with reference to Evsin’s wife.

Earlier it became known that Evsin was being transported to an unknown direction. The prisoner is accused of violence against a National Guard member (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at the rally on January 23 in support of Alexei Navalny. On April 7, he was sentenced to two years in prison.

Evsin is defended by OVD-Info lawyers Maxim Pashkov and Elena Sheremetyeva. They appealed Evsin’s sentence, but he was transferred pending consideration of the appeal.

The Memorial human rights center recognized Evsin as a political prisoner.

• In connection with the rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place from January 23 to February 2, at least 90 criminal cases were opened across the country. Protest participants were accused of using violence against security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code), involving minors in illegal activities (Part 2 of Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code), blocking roads (Article 267 CC).
• 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 ."