The court in Samara upheld the suspended sentence for the defendant in the “palace case”

The Samara Regional Court upheld the verdict of the defendant in the “palace case”, Konstantin Muratov. OVD-Info was informed about this by the press service of the court. The sentence was reviewed at the request of the prosecutor.

21-year-old Konstantin Muratov to two years probation with a two-year probation period due to the action on January 23 in Tolyatti. He was accused of using violence not dangerous to life and health against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).

Muratov was sentenced on January 31. Security forces have a video in which a young man states that he pushed a policeman in the back and admits his guilt. According to him, he was charged with throwing snowballs and plastic bottles at police.

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