The prosecutor requested a fine of 80 thousand rubles for a defendant in the “palace case” from Kursk

The prosecutor requested a fine of 80 thousand rubles for Artem Sazonov, accused of attacking a security officer at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23 in Kursk. A listener of the meeting reported this to OVD-Info.

During the interrogation, the injured policeman asked to give the accused a lenient sentence. Sazonov admitted guilt. According to him, he did not participate in the action, but intervened when he saw security forces beating a protester, and he himself hit a riot policeman.

Sazonov asks to be given a suspended sentence in the amount of time served under arrest. Sazonov's sentence will be announced on June 17 at 10:30 in the Leninsky District Court of Kursk.

According to investigators, Sazonov “jumped on the back of a riot police officer with a running start and kicked him” when the security officer was detaining another protest participant. He is accused under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code - violence against a government official.

• After the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia; mass rallies took place on Saturday, January 23, Sunday, January 31, and February 2 (the day Navalny’s suspended sentence was replaced with a real one). The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, more than 4,000 people were detained, on January 31, more than 5,500 , and on February 2 , more than 1,400 people .