The court upheld the sentence of a defendant in the “palace case” from Lipetsk

The Lipetsk Regional Court upheld the sentence of Sergei Pavlyutkin, a defendant in the “palace case.” This is reported on the court's website.

The interests of the political prisoner were represented by lawyer Maxim Zolotarev, who collaborates with OVD-Info.

At the end of April, the Sovetsky District Court found Pavlyutkin guilty under the article on the use of violence against police officers (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the person involved in the case sprayed a gas canister towards the police at the rally on January 23. Two police officers were identified as victims in the case.

Pavlyutkin was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. The prosecution asked for a year and a half in prison. During the investigation and trial, Pavlyutkin was under house arrest.

• 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 .
• In connection with the protests that 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), as well as 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), hooliganism ( Art. 213 of the Criminal Code) and other articles.