The Court of Cassation upheld the suspended sentence for former MP Yulia Galyamina

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction upheld the suspended sentence under the “Dada” article for former municipal deputy of the Timiryazevsky district Yulia Galyamina. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Maria Eismont, who represents her interests.

In December 2020, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow sentenced Galyamin to two years of suspended imprisonment. She was found guilty under the article of repeated violation of the rules of holding events (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). On March 11, the Moscow City Court filed an appeal against the verdict. In court, the Mundep was defended by lawyers Maria Eismont and Mikhail Biryukov, who collaborate with OVD-Info.

sentence rejected According to amendments to the legislation in the summer of 2020, she will not be able to stand for election for five years after expunging her criminal record under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code. On March 25, 2021, the Council of Deputies of the Timiryazevsky District by a majority vote gave Galyamin powers.

accepted deprived Yulia Galyamina of six episodes related to violations of the procedure for holding public events. Four of them date back to July 2019, but only two of them had court decisions that entered into force in February 2020. Moreover, a case under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code can be initiated if, at the time of its initiation, a person has more than two court decisions under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which entered into force within six months.

charged with the fifth and sixth episodes - posts on social networks with a call to come to the Moscow rally against changes to the Constitution (before submitting a notification and after refusing approval, respectively). The investigation regarded them as organizing an uncoordinated event. According to investigators, Galyamina organized the collection of signatures against amendments to the Constitution for the purpose of conspiracy - to hide the rally.

passed on July 15 - Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code punishes for violating the procedure for holding public events in the event that a person, at the time of initiation of the case, has several decisions that have entered into force under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on relevant violations within six months. The first person convicted under Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code was activist Ildar Dadin; after his case, the Constitutional Court initiated cases only if the actions of the alleged violator constituted a threat to society. recommended - Currently, three cases are being investigated under this article: the case of a Barnaul activist (left Russia) and the cases of Kaliningrad activists and. Victor Rau Evgenia Fedulova Vadim Khairullin