The prosecutor called Skochilenko, Skorokhodov and other political enthusiasts by activists of the "spring" - to prove "extremism" of movement

During the second meeting on the claim for the recognition of the Vesna movement, the extremist side defended the defense of violations in the case of the prosecutor. For example, he said that some political prisoners are allegedly activists of Spring. This was announced by the human rights project "First Department".

According to the “first department”, the prosecutor wrote to the activists of “Spring”:

• Artist Sasha Skochilenko. She is accused under the article on Fakes for putting anti -war leaflets in the place of price tags in the store. The girl is in jail, she faces up to 10 years in prison.
• Victoria Petrov. She was also accused of spreading the "fakes" about the Russian army and sent to the pre -trial detention center. As it became known later, the girl’s guilt considered an anonymous message on the VKontakte social network: “Hello, Russophobic and a terrorist! Have you prepared crackers? ”
• Igor Maltsev (Yegor Skorokhodov). At the end of September, the court appointed him 3 years and 8 months in prison under an article on hooliganism for political reasons. In March, the activist burned a scarecrow in camouflage form.
• Valeria Dubenyuk. He was convicted of attacking a policeman during an anti -war action. Dubenyuk spent about 3 months in a colony-settlement.

Vesna lawyers noted that political prisoners were never in motion. According to the prosecutor, the finding of the defendants in criminal cases in conclusion indicates the extremism of “Spring”.

What else did the lawyers ask. The defenders of the movement demanded the withdrawal of the prosecutor Nikita Lebedev due to the fact that he was interested in the case. So, he was the initiator of the criminal case against Victoria Petrova.

Lebedev also acted as the only witness. At the same time, he stated that the girl’s conclusion is evidence of the “extremist activity” of “spring”.

The lawyers of the “Vesna” demanded that the political scientist’s conclusion about non -violent intentions of the movement, the positive characteristics of “spring” from international organizations and the document on the consideration of the ECHR against the coordinator of the movement.

What you need to know. On September 30, the prosecutor of St. Petersburg Viktor Melnik filed a lawsuit to ban the activities of the Vesna movement. According to the prosecutor’s office, “spring” “creates the conditions for destabilizing the social and socio-political situation in the country, forms public opinion on the need to change power” in the Russian Federation.