The Ministry of Justice asks the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers to debar a member of the Moscow City Duma

On July 1, the head of the Department of the Ministry of Justice for Moscow, Kirill Balashov, sent a representation to the local chamber of lawyers demanding that a disciplinary hearing be held against the city Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, lawyer Evgeniy Stupin. The deputy talks about this on his YouTube channel.

reported In his submission, Balashov noted a possible conflict of interest: Stupin submitted parliamentary requests to the authorities instead of lawyers. Also, the head of the Moscow department of the Ministry of Justice saw a violation of lawyer ethics due to the deputy’s participation in the “Free Navalny!” action. January 23. Because of this rally, on March 22, the Tverskoy District Court of Stupin was found guilty of violating the procedure for holding a public event; on May 27, the Moscow City Court made this decision.

admitted approved The communist also said that in April the department of the ministry received a letter from Deputy Minister of Justice Maxim Beskhmelnitsyn demanding that Stupin be deprived of the status of a lawyer. The document states that at the meetings of the Duma, which were held in the fall of 2019 - winter of 2020 and were devoted to the appointment of justices of the peace, the deputy asked the chairman of the Moscow City Court, Olga Egorova, “questions on criminal cases in which he took part as a lawyer.” The letter does not say about the action in support of Navalny; according to the deputy, this was done due to the fact that the decision of the Tverskoy Court had not yet entered into force at that time.

Possibly Regarding this letter, Stupin noted that he asked questions about political affairs after protests in Moscow due to the exclusion of independent candidates from the elections and that he did not participate in these processes. “I was very careful to ensure that I did not have a conflict of interest,” the lawyer added.

Consideration of Balashov’s submission is scheduled for August 4. Stupin fears that if he is deprived of his lawyer status, he may subsequently be expelled from the City Duma deputies.

The Moscow Bar Chamber refused the Ministry of Justice's request to conduct a disciplinary hearing against Evgeny Stupin and deprive him of his lawyer status. Stupin himself talks about this.

On August 4 he reported - After Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia, mass actions took place on, on, and on February 2 (on the day of Navalny’s suspended sentence for real). The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, they detained, on January 31, and on February 2, . arrest Saturday January 23 Sunday January 31 replacement more than 4,000 people more than 5,500 more than 1,400 people - In the summer of 2019, protests took place in Moscow in support of independent candidates for the Moscow City Duma elections. July 27, according to OVD-Info, 1,373 people. Three days after the action, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on mass riots. Nine people were sentenced to real terms on charges of using violence against police officers and members of the National Guard. detained , excited