A protester on January 31 had his detention period extended. He was beaten during his arrest

The Leninsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the term of detention until September 3 , for Eldar Garipov , a participant in the action on January 31 . This is reported by lawyer Igor Skachko, who cooperates with OVD-Info.

Garipov is accused of using non-life-threatening violence against an employee of the National Guard (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31. The investigation believes that the activist resisted detention and injured one of the security forces.

During the action, law enforcement officers severely detained Garipov, immediately after that 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 hand over the materials about the beating to the Investigative Committee. However, a case was opened against the rally participant himself.

Garipov insists that he did not use violence against government officials. The activist believes that the law enforcement officers slandered him in order to avoid being held liable for abuse of power.

At the end of June, the Prisoners 212 project reported on the transfer of Garipov to a psychiatric hospital for a month to conduct a psychological and psychiatric examination as part of a criminal case.

• 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).