Convicted in the “palace case,” Pavel Green-Romanov was transported to IK-5, Kaluga region

The defendant in the “palace case,” Pavel Grin-Romanov, sentenced to three years in prison, was transferred to IK-5 in the Kaluga region. This was reported by lawyer Artem Nemov, who collaborates with OVD-Info.

It became known from his wife that Green-Romanov was taken to a correctional colony. It is likely that this is where the convict will serve his sentence.

According to the lawyer, Green-Romanov was detained for quite a long time, starting in the second half of September. Before that, he was in pre-trial detention centers in Moscow and the Perm region.

In April, the Meshchansky District Court found Green-Romanov guilty under the article on the use of violence dangerous to life and health against a government official (Part 2 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, a man sprayed pepper gas in the face of a National Guard member on Komsomolskaya Square during a rally on January 31 in support of Alexei Navalny. On July 20, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence from three years and six months to three years in prison.

• Before the criminal prosecution, Pavel Green-Romanov worked as an IT specialist. His wife Polina told the publication Kholod about their family, the rally on January 31 and the detention, when the young people spent more than a day without sleep or food. After her husband was detained, Polina Green-Romanova was arrested for 12 days under the “rally” article 20.2 of the Administrative Code .
• In connection with the detention of 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 . On the day the sentence in the Yves Rocher case was changed to a real one,arrests also took place near the Moscow City Court building, including journalists.
• In the wake of the protests, cases were opened against more than 150 people. 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 ."