In Yekaterinburg, security forces detained Dmitry Bakhtin, who went on a picket demanding the provision of medicine to his son with spinal muscular atrophy. This is reported by SOTA.
A man stood with a poster: “President Putin, save the life of a child. Provide medicine." This is not the first time that Bakhtin has come out with a demand that his son Misha be given the drug Risdiplam to continue treatment after the injection of the drug Zolgensma. Now this drug is purchased through private funds.
15:03 A protocol was drawn up against Bakhtin under the protest article (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) due to the fact that he allegedly stood at the picket with his face covered by a balaclava. This is reported by It'sMyCity.
Now the security forces are taking the picketer to the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg.
20:05 The Leninsky District Court fined Bakhtin 10 thousand rubles, reports E1.ru with reference to defense lawyer Yulia Lipinskaya.
The decision will be appealed after receiving the reasons.
- According to the federal law on rallies, it is not necessary to notify the authorities about a single picket and agree on its location. Despite this, throughout Russia, picketers are regularly detained under various pretexts. You can read more about the rules for conducting a single picket in our instructions .