The defendant in the “palace case,” Alexander Glushkov, was transported from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Lipetsk to an unknown direction. Activist Alexey Minyailo reported this to OVD-Info.

The convict is transferred to a colony, but which one is unknown.

In June, Alexander Glushkov was found guilty of using violence against a riot police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) during a Moscow rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23. According to investigators, the accused hit the security officer twice on the helmet with his hand. Glushkov admitted guilt. In court, he was defended by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Artem Nemov.

After the arrest of politician Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia; mass rallies took place on Saturday, January 23, Sunday, January 31, and February 2 (the day Navalny’s suspended sentence was replaced with a real one). Security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23, more than 4,000 people were detained, on January 31, more than 5,500, and on February 2, more than 1,400 people.
In total, more than 170 criminal cases have been opened across the country in the wake of protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny. 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).

Alexander Glushkov, a defendant in the “palace case”, was transported to an unknown direction