The court in cassation approved a fine for a defendant in the “palace case” accused of insulting security forces

The Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in St. Petersburg upheld the sentence of Oleg Klimchuk, a defendant in the “palace case,” without changing - he had previously been fined 20 thousand rubles under the article on insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). A lawyer from OVD-Info reports this from the courtroom.

In December 2021, a young man was found guilty in court in St. Petersburg: according to the investigation, Klimchuk, while at the police department in the Krasnogvardeisky district after the action on January 31, obscenely insulted the district police officer E.N. Demenkova. In May 2022, the court, on appeal, commuted the sentence of the defendant in the case.

admitted refused After the action on January 31, Klimchuk served 8 days of administrative arrest. As a preventive measure in a criminal case, he was given a recognizance not to leave the place.

took The news headline has been changed. - 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). 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. arrest 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 throughout the country, criminal cases were opened 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