The prosecutor requested 4.5 years in an educational colony for the 18-year-old defendant in the “palace case”

During the judicial debate in the Tverskoy Court of Moscow, the prosecutor requested 4.5 years in an educational colony for the person involved in the “palace case.” RIA Novosti reports this with reference to court information.

According to the court card , we are talking about 18-year-old Maxim Lelikov, Mediazona clarifies . Lelikov is accused of using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at the rally on January 23. According to investigators, he “struck a Russian Guard employee in the leg area” while not far from Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street.

The young man was charged with several counts of “use of violence”; for each state charge he asked for 2.5 years in prison.

Lelikov was detained on March 17, the next day the court chose a preventive measure for him in the form of a ban on certain actions.

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• After the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place across Russia. In connection with the rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place from January 23 to February 2, more than one hundred and forty criminal cases were opened throughout the country. Protest participants were accused of using violence against security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), 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), blocking roads (Article 267 CC). The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the investigative film of Navalny and his associates, “ Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe ."