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A participant in protests against mobilization is charged with a criminal offense
An activist from Yekaterinburg, detained at a rally against mobilization into the army, was charged with a criminal offense. The Evening Vedomosti publication reported this with reference to lawyer Natalya Novikova.
reports The girl is charged with using violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The details of the case are not yet known.
Novikova added that she is now not allowed into one of the offices of the police department where the detainee is being held.
Lawyer Natalya Novikova told Vecherniye Vedomosti that an administrative report was drawn up against the girl under the article of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), and she was left in the department overnight. Information about the initiation of a criminal case has not yet been confirmed.
September 22 00:50 reported - On September 21, Vladimir Putin announced a “partial” mobilization, after which Sergei Shoigu ordered the conscription of 300 thousand people into the army. Protest movements immediately responded to this - “Vesna” and supporters of Alexei Navalny called for protests against the president’s decision. OVD-Info is making arrests. online - Since February 24—the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 240 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.