Convicted in the “palace case” Valery Evsin arrived in a colony in the Pskov region • OVD-Info • RIMA

Convicted in the “palace case” Valery Evsin arrived in a colony in the Pskov region

The defendant in the “palace case,” Valery Evsin, was transferred to IK-2 in the village of Kryuki, Pskov region. This was reported by “Prisoners 212” with reference to the prisoner’s wife.

At the end of April, Evsin was transported from Moscow even before the consideration of the appeal - in May he was found in pre-trial detention center No. 3 in the Perm Territory. The journey from there to the colony took a month .

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*Evsin Valery Alexandrovich 1988
FKU IK No. 2 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Pskov Region
181 316, Russia, Pskov region, Ostrovsky district, Kryuki village*

At the beginning of April 2021, Evsin was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony under the article on the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The court's decision came into force in July. According to investigators, at a protest on January 23, the defendant pushed a metal barrier towards a National Guard member. Evsin’s lawyer Maxim Pashkov said that the security officer did not receive injuries or damage.

Valery Evsin is a 32-year-old taxi driver who worked in Moscow. After the initiation of a criminal case, his interests are represented by lawyers Maxim Pashkov and Elena Sheremetyeva, who collaborates with OVD-Info. The Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Yevsin as a political prisoner.
In connection with rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, more than 150 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) and blocking roads (Article 236 of the Criminal Code). 267 CC). 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 ."