The court left the former head of Navalny's Arkhangelsk headquarters in pre-trial detention in the case of the Rammstein video

The Arkhangelsk Regional Court extended the arrest of the former head of Navalny's regional headquarters, Alexei Borovikov, until May 1. “North.Realities” is about this. The court is reviewing Borovikov’s case regarding the publication of the Rammstein “Pussy” video.

reported In February, the cassation court sentenced Borovikov in the case of distribution of pornography (clause “b” of part 3 of Article 242 of the Criminal Code) for publishing a clip of a German group on VKontakte and sent it for review to the appellate court. On April 29, 2021, Borovikov received two and a half years in prison. The appellate court, for up to two years and three months, removed Borovikov from the obligation to pay the cost of the examinations carried out as part of the criminal case. The court considered the birth of a son to be a mitigating circumstance. The prosecution appealed this decision, and the Court of Cassation upheld the appeal.

canceled given reduced According to investigators, in 2014 Borovikov published a video on VKontakte containing “naturalistic scenes depicting sexual intercourse, with a visual demonstration of the genitals.” The appellate court, for up to two years and three months, removed Borovikov from the obligation to pay the cost of the examinations carried out as part of the criminal case. The court considered the birth of a son to be a mitigating circumstance.

reduced In addition, in 2019, Borovikov was found guilty under the “Dada” article (212.1 of the Criminal Code, repeated violations of the established procedure for holding an action) and he was given 400 hours of compulsory labor.

appointed - Andrey Borovikov - former head of Navalny's headquarters in Arkhangelsk. He took part in protests against the construction of a landfill at the Shies station, where garbage from Moscow was going to be transported. - Amnesty International considers both criminal cases brought against the activist to be revenge for his social activities. Human rights organization's persecution of Borovikov is politically motivated. The director of the Russian representative office of the organization, Natalya Zvyagina, notes that Borovikov’s opinion “often diverges from the position of the executive branch, and his criticism is clearly not liked by some of its representatives.” admitted