In St. Petersburg, the arrest of a defendant in the “palace case” who was beaten during the January protests was extended

Eldar Garipov, the person involved in the "palace case" from St. Petersburg, was extended his detention until August 10, inclusive. Igor Skachko, a lawyer from OVD-Info, reports this.

The decision was made by the Leninsky District Court. The young man is accused of using non-life-threatening violence against an employee of the Russian Guard (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) during the protests on January 31. According to investigators, he resisted detention and injured one of the law enforcers.

Garipov insists that he did not use violence against government officials. According to the person involved in the "palace case", he was slandered in order to avoid being held liable for abuse of power.

In June, Arrestantsy 212 reported that Garipov had been transferred to a psychiatric hospital for a month to undergo a psychological and psychiatric examination as part of a criminal case.

• The detention of Garipov during the action was tough - immediately after this, the young man was hospitalized. Paramedics who gave him first aid reported the injuries to the police. Then a district police officer came to the young man's house and promised to transfer the materials about the beating at the action to the Investigative Committee. However, after this conversation, a case was opened against the rally participant himself.
• In connection with the actions in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place from January 23 to February 2, at least 90 criminal cases were opened across the country. The protesters were accused not only of using violence against the security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), but also of 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), road closures (Article 267 of the Criminal Code).