Moscow environmental activist's house arrest extended

Moscow's Babushkinsky District Court has extended the preventive measure for Moscow eco-activist Olga Kuzmina. This was reported by lawyer Katerina Tertukhina, who cooperates with OVD-Info and represented the activist's interests in court.

Kuzmina will remain under house arrest until at least May 9. She is charged under the article on hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) due to the action that the activist held on August 9, 2021. That day, she climbed a tree demanding that construction on Yantarnaya Street be stopped. She had a crossbow with her, which the woman wanted to use to protect herself in case someone wanted to forcibly remove her from the tree. On August 11, a criminal case was opened against Kuzmina.

conducted brought - Olga Kuzmina under house arrest since August 17, 2021 in the status of a defendant in a criminal case of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). In December, the Moscow Department of Environmental Control fined eco-activist Olga Kuzmina 3.5 thousand rubles, accusing her of breaking several branches of a tree, which the girl climbed with a crossbow. is located in the North-Eastern Administrative District fined - According to the investigation, Kuzmina did not act alone at the rally on August 9 and "entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified persons." The prosecution noted that the Muscovite's crossbow is not a bladed weapon and can be used for sports and recreation. Earlier, lawyer Tatyana Solomina also that the crossbow was deemed unsuitable for shooting due to a malfunction of the mechanism. emphasized