In St. Petersburg, a girl will be paid compensation for illegal detention at a rally

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg ruled to pay Yulia Shnyagina 2,000 rubles as compensation for non-pecuniary damage for illegal detention at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23, 2021. About this writes "Apology".

The girl was detained an hour before the start of the rally. Thanks to the media coverage, the lawyers managed to prove the illegality of the actions of the police officers.

in at least 125 Russian cities On January 23, protests were held in support of politician Alexei Navalny, whose probation in the Yves-Rocher case was replaced by a court with a real one. at rallies across the country According to OVD-Info, more than 4,000 people were detained .