The court approved the verdict of the defendant in the “palace case”, accused of setting fire to the wheel of a National Guard car

The Moscow City Court upheld the sentence of Sergei Vasilenko, a defendant in the “palace case,” who was previously sentenced to three years and three months in prison. About this on the court’s website, the decision of the project “Prisoners 212”.

it says drew attention to Vasilenko’s verdict in October 2021 - the man was found guilty under the article of intentional damage to property for hooligan reasons (Part 2 of Article 167 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, he set fire to the wheel of a National Guard car during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31 last year.

carried out, Vasilenko was placed in custody in February 2021 - since then he has been in a pre-trial detention center. The accused asked to consider his case, but the court is in charge of this.

refused in a special manner. At the moment, Vasilenko is in the “Matrosskaya Tishina” pre-trial detention center. “Prisoners 212” that you can write a letter to him: in their post, project participants provide an address for sending paper or email letters - using the FSIN-Letter service:

is located remind Vasilenko Sergey Alekseevich 1994 FKU SIZO-1 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Moscow (not 99/1, but the usual Matrosskaya Silence) 107 996, Moscow, st. Matrosskaya Tishina, 18

• After Navalny, at the beginning of 2021, thousands of people held rallies throughout Russia in support of the oppositionist. Also, one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK about the palace of President Vladimir Putin, located in the Krasnodar Territory. arrests film - The most massive actions took place on Saturday and the security forces reacted harshly to them - more than 9,500 arrests took place in two days. This was followed by a series of criminal cases - their totality began to be called the “palace case”. 23 31 January