In Obninsk, a human rights activist was fined 340 thousand rubles in the “rubber apartment” case

On April 13, court district No. 17 of the Obninsky judicial district (Kaluga region) sentenced human rights activist Tatyana Kotlyar to a fine of 340 thousand rubles in the “rubber apartment” case. Kasparov.ru is about this.

reports Kotlyar was found guilty under the article on fictitious registration of foreigners (Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code). She registered refugees from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine in her apartment free of charge. “I helped people, and they were able to legally live in Russia, work, teach children, and become citizens of Russia,” the human rights activist explains in her last word.

In total, from May 2020 to the present, she is charged with registering 46 people.

"I am 70 years old. Mortal age. I don't know how long I have left to live. But while I’m still living, I’ll try to help people. I believe that no one suffered from my crime,” Tatyana Kotlyar said in her last word.

• This is already the fifth case against Tatyana Kotlyar under articles of fictitious registration. In December 2020, a human rights activist for 150 thousand rubles. According to the court, she registered more than 400 people in this way (141 registration episodes). On appeal, this fine is 10 thousand. fined reduced
• In April 2019, the court dismissed another case against her in connection with the notes to Articles 322.3 and 322.2 of the Criminal Code, according to which a person is exempt from criminal liability if he contributed to the disclosure of this crime. Then the human rights activist had at least 109 “criminal” episodes of registration of foreign citizens. decided to charge Kotlyar with 150 thousand rubles in 2015, but was immediately amnestied. In 2017, again for the same amount, but the court released her from execution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. fined fined - In October, Radio Liberty released Yulia Vishnevets’ film “Rubber Apartment.” It tells the story not only of Tatyana Kotlyar herself, but also of those whom she helps: Armenian Diana Tigranyan cannot enroll her children in school without registration, and Ukrainian refugee Igor Rebrov needed registration after three months of captivity in the DPR. released