In Yaroslavl, the court ordered the former head of Navalny’s headquarters to pay 296 thousand rubles according to the claim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Yaroslavl upheld the claim of the Ministry of Internal Affairs against the former head of Navalny’s local headquarters, Elena Lekiashvili. This was reported by Apology of Protest with reference to lawyer Arkady Shindyapin.

The court ordered Lekiashvili to pay 296,175 rubles in compensation for the work of security forces at the rally on January 23.

Initially, the Ministry of Internal Affairs demanded to recover 495 thousand rubles from the activist, but later reduced the amount by 40%. “The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reduces claims by the amount of compensation payments to employees of BSTM , OPB in the amount of 199,240 rubles. This decrease is due to the special status of employees, information about which constitutes a state secret,” Apology of Protest quotes from the police clarification.

The police filed a lawsuit against Lekiashvili because she was found guilty under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) due to the rally on January 23 in Yaroslavl.

Later it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs filed a similar claim, but for the amount of 646 thousand rubles, against Alexander Smirnov, who previously also headed Navalny’s local headquarters. A protocol was also drawn up against him regarding the organization of an uncoordinated action on January 23 (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code).

The police filed the same lawsuits in other cities - Penza , Ufa , Kirov , Kemerovo , Omsk and Chelyabinsk .

• After the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place across Russia. Mass rallies took place on Saturday, January 23, Sunday, January 31, and February 2, the day the politician’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 .
• On June 9, 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as extremist organizations.