The court received the case of a protest participant in support of Alexei Navalny

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has filed a case against Andrei Klimashev, a participant in the protests in support of Alexei Navalny. His interests are represented by lawyer from OVD-Info Maxim Ovchinnikov.

received The first meeting is scheduled to take place on December 7th. The man is charged with using violence against a police officer (Article 318 of the Criminal Code) during the January protests in support of Navalny in 2021. Initially, he was a witness in a similar case, but at the end of March 2022 he himself faced criminal prosecution.

Klimashev was subjected to pre-trial detention since April. In October, his detention period was extended once again.

located - After the politician Alexei Navalny in January 2021, a series of protests took place throughout Russia, mass rallies took place on Saturday January 23, Sunday January 31 and February 2 (on the day of Navalny’s suspended sentence for real). The security forces reacted harshly to the protests: on January 23 they detained , on January 31 - , on February 2 - . In connection with the action on April 21, at least 363 of them were detained on surveillance cameras. arrests replacement of more than 4,000 people more than 5,500 more than 1,400 people more than 2,200 people - In connection with protests in support of Alexei Navalny in 2021, criminal cases were opened across the country against more than 180 people. The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “.” Most of the defendants are accused of using violence against government officials that is not dangerous to life and health (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe