In Moscow, a picketer detained with a poster “You are dragging us down” was fined 10 thousand rubles

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow fined activist Maksim Meder 10,000 rubles for a solitary picket. This was reported by the defender from OVD-Info Vladimir Nemanov, who represented the interests of the man.

The court found the activist guilty under the article on violation of the rules for participation in the action (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

Meder was detained on December 6, 2021 on Red Square, where he stood with a poster “You are pulling us to the bottom.”

• Participants in various actions are regularly detained on Red Square: eco-activists who wanted to record a video message, participants in single-person pickets with posters about Putin , against the constitutional reform or in support of protesters in Belarus , actionists and simply picketers with a smiley face or a blank sheet of paper . According to the federal law on rallies, the procedure for holding public events on Red Square is determined personally by the President of the Russian Federation.