The court in Nizhny Novgorod approved a year and a half of restriction of freedom for the defendant in the “sanitary case”

The Nizhny Novgorod regional court left unchanged the sentence in the regional “sanitary case” to journalist Natalya Rezontova - one and a half years of restriction of freedom. This was reported by her lawyer from OVD-Info, Yuri Sidorov.

In November, the Nizhny Novgorod District Court convicted Rezontov on charges of violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code). For a year and a half, she is prohibited from leaving the city without permission from the Federal Penitentiary Service and attending public events.

sentenced The “sanitary case” was opened against Nizhny Novgorod activists after the rally on January 23, 2021 in support of Navalny, which allegedly created a threat of the spread of coronavirus. Roman Tregubov, ex-coordinator of Navalny’s Nizhny Novgorod headquarters, who is in Russia, is also involved in the case.

left According to the investigation, the defendants repeatedly wrote on social networks about the January protest, and also published “instructions to invite <…> other people from among their acquaintances and relatives to participate.”

• After the politician Alexei Navalny in January 2021, a series of protests took place throughout Russia, mass protests took place on Saturday January 23, Sunday January 31 and February 2 (on the day of Navalny’s suspended sentence for real).

arrest of replacement - As a result of protests across the country, criminal cases were opened against more than 180 people. Participants in the rallies were accused of using violence against security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code), involving minors in illegal activities (Part 2 of Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code), blocking roads (Art. 267 of the Criminal Code) and under other articles.