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"Let's not humiliate Russia." They arrested Andrei Pivovarov
In Krasnodar, the Pervomaisky District Court arrested for two months the St. Petersburg politician and the former executive director of Open Russia Andrei Pivovarov on charges of cooperation with an unwanted organization, a correspondent of the Sever. Real from the courtroom reports.
In court, where a meeting was held to choose a preventive measure, about 20 people gathered: representatives of state and independent media, Krasnodar activists, friends of Pivovarov from St. Petersburg. Alina Danilina and Tatyana Usmanova, as well as the municipal deputy of the Gavan Moscow Region in St. Petersburg, Sergei Kuzin, also arrived in Krasnodar.
We see the Russian demo version of the Belarusian scenario, what can expect us in September
“Of course, this is due to the upcoming elections and the desire of Andrei to participate in them. We see the Russian demo version of the Belarusian scenario, what can expect us in September. By and large, everything can turn Russia into one Big Knight. Such a scenario is possible, and now it is tested,” says the coordinator of the United Democrats Sergey Kuzin .
Before the meeting, the activist Yana Antonova went to the court building with a poster demanding to immediately free Pivovarov.
Other activists asked her to turn the picket so that there were no provocations. As soon as Antonova stepped aside, a policeman ran to her to rewrite personal data.
"Do you support his policy?" - asked the police officer at Antonova. “I support that we have a new president. Suppose our governor Veniamin Kondratyev or any other sensible person. And Pivovarov is a young and promising politician. What is happening is a shame for our city,” Antonova answered.
Wed VKontakte Wed in classmates Wed on TwitterNear the Pervomaisky District Court in Krasnodar, a local resident came out with a single picket in support of the St. Petersburg politician Andrei Pivovarov. Video: Andrey Red / North. Realiy Pic.twitter.com/i5fg1ijqi2
- North. Realiy (@severrealii) June 2, 2021
During the day, activists gathered almost 50 guarantees for Pivovarov, who were signed by deputies from Moscow and St. Petersburg, politicians and journalists: Vladimir Kara-Murza, Evgeny Roizman, Ilya Azar, Boris Vishnevsky, Maxim Reznik and Ilya Ponomaryov.
After Pivovarov was brought to the Aquarium, he told reporters that he was pursued for political reasons, because he was going to participate in the elections to the State Duma. He previously talked about his plans to participate in the elections of breweries in an interview with North. Reali. According to him, before the detention, the investigation did not try to contact him in any way, in the first hours he was not even informed about the reason for the detention.
The case was blinded in two days. I do not see anything else in this matter, except the desire to limit political activity
"In the Kremlin, it was known: I planned to put forward to the State Duma. I was negotiating with Yabloko. It is impossible to motivate such actions because the matter was clearly fabricated. The case was blinded in two days. I do not see anything else in this matter, except for the desire to limit political activity," Pivovarov said in court. "Everyone knew that I planned to participate in the elections. There was a tradition that people announced that when people announced that when people announce Participation in the election, they begin problems: they are exciting things, searches, arrests, they are squeezed out of the country.
The representative of the Investigative Committee during the meeting announced a different version: according to him, Pivovarov allegedly tried to hide in Poland to leave for Georgia from there, where he had a bank account. The fact that he did not have return tickets, according to investigators, only confirms the intention not to return to the country. This was allegedly reported by some anonymous sources that Pivovarov spoke about his plans for emigration. When the lawyer of Pivovarova Alexander Valyavsky began to clarify - where did such data come from, the investigator refused to explain, referring to the secret of the investigation. He could not even say how Pivovarov was notified of the initiation of a criminal case: they called, wrote or sent letters.
"The materials of the case have documents, for example, a memorandum certificate, which reflects how Pivovarov was hidden. Documents-the secret of the investigation, cannot be announced," the investigator said.
You cannot pursue citizens for criticism of power
According to Valyavsky, Pivovarov did not know about the initiation of a criminal case against him and the investigation did not provide evidence of his desire to hide. "Dear court, it is impossible to pursue citizens for criticism of power. You can not artificially come up with the corpus delicti," the defender said.
The lawyer insists that the "operational information" to which the investigation refers is not appropriate evidence, since it is simply impossible to check it. He asked to attach to the materials of the guarantee in support of Pivovarov, where they promise that Pivovarov would not leave the country and appear on investigative actions at the first demand. The judge also granted an agreement on the free of charge to provide a place of residence - the Krasnodar activist was ready to provide Pivovarov with his house. Another argument against detention is under the article on an “unwanted” organization, sentences with a fine, mandatory work or a conditional period are almost always issued, therefore, to elect such a strict preventive measure is excessively. In addition, Pivovarov was not convicted.
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0:00 0:01:04“Let's not humiliate Russia together, [and we will] seek justice,” Pivovarov said in court.
All that SK presentes me is a Facebook post. Tell me, in our country they are not going to plant all people for posts on Facebook?
“I am accused of trying to run. I really was an airplane. But if there was a search, why there were no problems in customs control? What was now concocted in the documents that I was supposedly notified, I am always in touch, I am a public person, I am on social networks, there was no notification,” said Pivovarov. “Everything that ISs presented to me,“ a post in Feizbuke. Tell me, in our country they are not going to plant all people for the posts on Facebook?
Andrei Pivovarov was detained on the evening of May 31 on an airplane, which was preparing for the departure from Pulkovo Airport in Poland. The liner was stopped before take -off. Already on an airplane, the police said that Pivovarov was wanted. SK believes that Pivovarov planned to leave Poland to Georgia and supposedly hide there.
A criminal case of an undesirable organization was opened against Pivovarov because of the repost on Facebook by the “United Democrats”-the court in Krasnodar considered this group involved in the “undesirable” network movement “Open Russia”, the North. Arealia was told by the lawyer of the “human rights postcards” Anastasia Burakova. Burakova connected the criminal case against Pivovarov with the self -destruction of "Open Russia", which was "a surprise to the repressive machine."
The European Union immediately demanded to free Pivovarov. The public organization Amnesty International called the case against Pivovarov political.
“The Kremlin finishes the even lying in the knockout, but the opposition trying to flounder. Amnesty spoke out on this occasion, calling for Andrey to free, and continue to monitor the development of the situation,” said Natalya Zvyagina, director of the Russian representative office of Amnesty International.
The Kremlin itself claims that neither the case of Andrei Pivovarov, nor the case of the detainee on the eve of the Moscow opposition policy Dmitry Gudkov "have nothing to do with politics."
Open Russia, whose executive director was Pivovarov, announced a self -destruction on May 27. Pivovarov told the north. Realities that this decision was the result of the “roll” by the authorities, including tightening the law on unwanted organizations: “We don’t want to expose people to the risk either. Our goal is to preserve supporters, to preserve our ideas. The structure is certainly sorry, we invested a lot of effort in its creation, but for the sake of people the safety of people, we were painful, but in this situation it is apparently, apparently, apparently, apparently, it was apparently in this situation It was inevitable.
Pivovarov called the “open Russia” of one of the leading opposition forces in the country: “The number of people who can be called supporters of changes, perhaps, supporters of Khodorkovsky, has increased significantly during this time. And the situation in the country has changed. Perhaps not only thanks to our efforts, but total people seeking changes, the majority has become in the country.”
In a conversation with the North. Realiy, Pivovarov said that now in Russia "the time is not for structures, but people." “We, the headquarters of Navalny, have come to the Libertarians today: everything that is living in this meadow is not controlled by everything will shake. I think that they will come for human rights activists, for independent media. But the key that they cannot do is change the mood of people,” the politician concluded.
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