The court in Pervouralsk imposed a year of restriction of freedom on the defendant in the “palace case”

The Pervouralsk City Court imposed a year of restriction of freedom on the defendant in the “palace case” Nikita Khaitov. This was reported by lawyer Fyodor Akchermyshev, who collaborates with OVD-Info.

Khaitov was found guilty under the article on calls for participation in mass riots (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code). At the last meeting, the prosecutor asked to impose one and a half years of restriction of freedom on him.

According to investigators, the accused called on social networks for mass unrest in anticipation of rallies in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23 and 31. Before the court's decision, Khaitov was under recognizance not to leave as a preventive measure.

FSB officers used force against Nikita Khaitov when they detained him in May 2021. A friend of his told OVD-Info about this.

According to an acquaintance of Khaitov, the man was attacked by masked people who were waiting for him in a gazelle not far from his house. They put a bag over his head. Khaitov later learned that he was under surveillance, in which at least five people participated.

January 26, 2023

• After the politician Alexei 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 to the real one). The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, they detained, on January 31, and on February 2, . arrests Saturday, January 23, Sunday, January 31, replacements of more than 4,000 people more than 5,500 more than 1,400 people - In connection with the protests throughout the country, more than a hundred criminal cases were opened. 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