A St. Petersburg activist was searched in connection with the case of justifying terrorism.

In St. Petersburg, Olga Smirnova, a civil activist and participant in the “Strategy-18” protests, was searched in connection with the case of justifying terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). She herself reported this to OVD-Info.

The door to Smirnova's apartment was knocked down by riot police. She is currently signing a search warrant. The investigator interrupted Smirnova’s conversation with OVD-Info.

The reason for initiating the case was pickets in support of the Crimean Tatars. Since the annexation of Crimea to Russia, many of them have been persecuted for their involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir and accused of terrorism. The decision to initiate the case indicates the picket that Olga Smirnova, together with other activists, held on August 18. The police then charged the picketers with an article about organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code), but the court is a matter.

detained stopped A lawyer from the Memorial Human Rights Center, Mark Alekseev, came to Olga Smirnova’s aid.

19:09 Lawyer Mark Alekseev told OVD-Info that they are now going for questioning to the Investigative Committee.

21:50 In the telegram channel “Detentions St. Petersburg”, that Olga Smirnova was taken to the Vsevolozhsk department of the Investigative Committee for interrogation only at nightfall.

October 21 00:34 reported Olga Smirnova was released from the Investigative Committee for the Vsevolozhsk region, lawyer Mark Alekseev reports. The activist was going to be interrogated, but she and the lawyer abandoned investigative actions late at night. The interrogation was postponed to the next day.

01:30 - “Strategy-18” is an open-ended protest in support of Crimean Tatar activists, announced in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The name is associated with a memorable date: on May 18, 1944, the deportation of Tatar families began in Crimea, during which many died before reaching their places of exile. Participants of Strategy 18 are regularly detained during peaceful protests. - The Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation. In different regions of Russia, as well as in Crimea, cases are being brought against alleged party members for the activities of a terrorist organization. Defendants are sentenced to varying terms solely on the basis that they held meetings and read religious literature. On the territory of Ukraine, the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir are permitted. - According to a number of experts, Hizb ut-Tahrir was unlawfully recognized as a terrorist organization, since its participants in Russia never advocated violence or prepared terrorist acts. According to the Memorial Human Rights Center, as of August 26, there are 315 people on the incomplete list of those persecuted in Hizb ut-Tahrir cases. Among them, 77 are on the Crimean Peninsula. data