A court in St. Petersburg fined a participant in a rally in support of Yulia Tsvetkova

The Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg fined Russian Socialist Movement (RSM) activist Irina Kozlova 20,000 rubles for picketing in support of LGBTQ activist Yulia Tsvetkova, who is accused of distributing pornography. This is reported by the coordinator of legal assistance OVD-Info Lidia Golovina.

Kozlova was found guilty under the article on violation of the rules for organizing a public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Alexei Kalugin, a lawyer from OVD-Info, defended her.

The activist was detained on May 27. The police left her in the department for the night before the trial, but the hearing was postponed from May 28 to June 3.

On October 7, the St. Petersburg City Court overturned the fine and sent the case back for a new trial. Alexey Kalugin, a lawyer from OVD-Info, told about this.

• The case against Yulia Tsvetkova was initiated in 2019 at the request of Timur Bulatov, a well-known opponent of the LGBTQ community. The reason was the publication of drawings and pictures in the public "Vagina Monologues" in "VKontakte". Tsvetkova spent about four months under house arrest, and in March 2020 she was released on bail. The prosecutor's office returned the case materials for additional investigation several times and approved the charge only from the fourth time in February 2021. The first trial took place only in March 2021.