The court upheld the sentence of the defendant in the “palace case” Valery Evsin

The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of the defendant in the “palace case” Valery Evsin - he had previously been sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. This was reported by OVD-Info legal assistance coordinator Anton Taroyants with reference to lawyer Maxim Pashkov.

Evsin was found guilty under the article of violence against a National Guard member (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, at a protest on January 23, the defendant pushed a metal barrier towards a security officer. Pashkov that the National Guard member was not injured or damaged.

The Tverskoy District Court told the verdict in April. The case was considered in a special manner.

sentenced Evsin to pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the Perm Territory until the appeal was considered.

They transported us and found Valery Evsin, a 32-year-old taxi driver who worked in Moscow. After the initiation of a criminal case, his interests are represented by lawyers Maxim Pashkov and Elena Sheremetyeva, who collaborates with OVD-Info. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Yevsin as a political prisoner. - In connection with rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, 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), 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) and blocking roads (Article 236 of the Criminal Code). 267 CC). - The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “.” Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe