The Bashkortostan police demand more than a million rubles from the activist for her work at the rally on January 31

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bashkortostan demands to recover more than 1.1 million rubles from Ufa activist Olga Komleva due to her work during the protests on January 31. This was reported by the human rights project “Apology of Protest”, whose lawyer will represent Komleva’s interests in court.

In her lawsuit, the police demand that the activist pay for the extracurricular work of 471 Interior Ministry employees at protests in support of Alexei Navalny. According to law enforcement officers, Komleva is the organizer of the protest event.

Previously, police filed similar lawsuits in Yaroslavl , Penza , Kirov , Kemerovo , Omsk and Chelyabinsk .

• 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). 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 .

At least 57 people were detained in Ufa on January 31.