The prosecutor asked to impose a fine on Kuban ex-lawyer Benyash in the case of violence against police officers in 2018

The prosecutor asked the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar to impose a fine of 40 thousand rubles on former lawyer Mikhail Benyash in a criminal case due to his arrest at a rally in 2018. about this during the debate . spoke Benyash himself

Before the rally against raising the retirement age on September 9, 2018 in Krasnodar, plainclothes police stopped lawyer Benyash and pushed him into their car. They explained this by saying that because of the post about the rally, an administrative case had been opened against him.

According to investigators, in the car Benyash bit and punched two operatives (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). The lawyer himself said that the police forcibly put him in the car, beat him in the car, and then at the police department. The police explained the lawyer's injuries by saying that, according to them, he hit his head against the car window.

The case of Mikhail Benyash is being considered in court for the second time. In 2019, the court imposed a fine of 30 thousand rubles on him, but a year and a half later the sentence was overturned .

In October 2022, the Ministry of Justice added Mikhail Benyash to the register of “foreign agents,” and in December, the Krasnodar department of the ministry demanded that he be debarred because of posts on a telegram. the request in February 2023 The Regional Bar Association approved .