Person involved in the “palace case” Sergei Vasilenko was transported back to Moscow

The defendant in the “palace” case, Sergei Vasilenko, was transported back to Moscow. This was reported by the Arresters 212 telegram channel.

Earlier it was reported that the convict was taken from pre-trial detention center No. 1 of Moscow “Matrosskaya Tishina” in an unknown direction.

On October 21, the court sentenced Vasilenko to three years and three months in prison. The man was found guilty under the article on intentional damage to property for hooligan motives (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he set fire to the wheel of a National Guard car during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31. In early February, the manwas arrested and has been in jail since then.

• 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. The 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 February 2, 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 and in the center of Moscow, including number of journalists.
• In total, more than 170 criminal cases have been opened across the country in the wake of protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny.