In Moscow they came to search the witness in the Nizhny Novgorod “sanitary case”

In Moscow, a former member of Navalny’s team, Evgeny Goligorov, was searched at about seven o’clock in the morning, he told OVD-Info.

Investigative actions are connected with the Nizhny Novgorod “sanitary case”, Goligorov is a witness in it. A lawyer from OVD-Info, Yulia Tregubova, came to help him.

Goligorov does not open the door until the lawyer arrives; the security forces threaten to break it down.

In July, he was already searched in the village of Vakhtan (Nizhny Novgorod region). The security forces came to Goligorov’s house right during his father’s wake. After the search, the activist and his girlfriend were interrogated by the Investigative Committee and signed a non-disclosure agreement about the case.

07:47 The door was opened and the security forces began a search.

08:28 Lawyer Yulia Tregubova managed to enter Goligorov’s apartment.

09:05 The search of Evgeniy Goligorov ended, nothing was confiscated from him.

• In connection with the detention and subsequent arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia. The largest protests took place on Saturday, January 23, and Sunday, January 31. Security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, more than 4,000 people were detained, and on January 31, more than 5,500 .
• In connection with rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, more than a hundred criminal cases were opened throughout 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), blocking roads (Article 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 ."
• In Nizhny Novgorod, at least two more people are involved in a criminal case for violating sanitary standards - the former coordinator of Navalny’s local headquarters, Roman Tregubov, and journalist Natalya Rezontova. They were searched . On March 1, Rezontova was charged under Article 236 of the Criminal Code, and in July the election commission refused to register her for the State Duma elections.