Olga Bendas, a participant in the “palace case”, was transferred to a colony in the Ivanovo region • OVD-Info • RIMA

Olga Bendas, a participant in the “palace case”, was transferred to a colony in the Ivanovo region

Olga Bendas, a participant in the “palace case,” was transferred to correctional colony No. 3 in the Ivanovo region. The “Prisoners 212” telegram channel talks about this with reference to the “Fairy Tales for Political Prisoners” project.

reports In October 2021, Bendas from pre-trial detention center-6 in Moscow to pre-trial detention center-5 in Perm, while her sentence has not yet entered into force.

In June 2021, Bendas was sentenced to two years in prison under the article on the use of violence against law enforcement officers (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the activist struck several blows to the head and torso of a police officer during the action on January 23 and took away a baton lying on the ground.

sentenced At first, Bendas admitted guilt and agreed to have the case considered in a special order, but at the stage of the trial she refused the special order and confession of guilt. The girl was defended by OVD-Info lawyer Tatyana Okushko.

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recognized 155 814 Kineshma, Ivanovo region, st. Shuyskaya, 1 FKU IK No. 3 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Ivanovo Region Bendas Olga Valerievna born in 1985 - In connection with Alexei Navalny, a series of protests took place throughout Russia - the most massive protests took place on January 23 and January 31. The security forces reacted harshly to the rallies: on January 23 they detained, and on January 31. On the day the sentence in the Yves Rocher case was changed to a real one, near the Moscow City Court building and in the center of Moscow, including journalists. more than 4,000 people were detained, more than 5,500 were detained - In total, in the wake of the protests over the trial of Alexei Navalny, there are more than 170 criminal cases across the country, most of the defendants are accused of using violence against government officials that is not dangerous to life and health (Part 1 of Art. 318 CC). aroused