A picketer who came out in support of those convicted in the Winter Cherry case was detained in Voronezh.”

In Voronezh, an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was detained, who held a picket in support of firefighters convicted in connection with the Winter Cherry case. The picketer himself informed about this OVD-info.

He was taken to police department No. 6, and a lawyer from OVD-Info came to see the detainee. The reason for the detention was allegedly the picketer's refusal to remove the poster.

16:47 The detainee was released from the police department. A protocol was drawn up against him under the article on violation of the "rally" legislation (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

• On March 25, 2018, a fire broke out in the Kemerovo shopping center "Winter Cherry". According to official figures, 60 people died. The defendants in the case of the fire are eight people, including firemen serving the alarm. On October 29, the Leninsky District Court of Kemerovo handed down sentences of 5 to 14 years in prison to all defendants under articles on violation of fire safety requirements (part 3 of article 219 of the Criminal Code), the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, which negligently caused the death of two or more persons (part 3 of article 238 of the Criminal Code), and negligence (part 3 of article 293 of the Criminal Code).