In St. Petersburg, Dmitry Vasilyev was detained when he came to the building of the Vyborg court with a poster “Freedom for Seva Queen #FreeSeva.” His girlfriend reported this to OVD-Info.
The detainee is being taken from the Vyborg district police department to the Kolpinsky district police department. It is unknown what crime they want to charge him with.
Previously, Vasiliev had already been detained with a similar poster, then a protocol was drawn up against him for violating covid restrictions (Article 8.6.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of St. Petersburg).
20:21 Dmitry Vasilyev was released from the police, obliging him to appear to draw up two protocols under the rally article (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Igor Skachko.
He must appear at the Vyborg district police department on March 21 regarding today’s picket at the court: the decision to initiate a case states that there were 10-15 people there with posters and flags.
On March 22, Vasilyev is expected at the department in the Kolpinsky district because of the picketing near the pre-trial detention center, which he carried out on March 15.
22:11 Bailiffs at the Vyborg court in St. Petersburg said that they were transferring the lists of those present at the hearing in the case of documentarian Vsevolod Korolev to the “E” center, reports . SOTA
The ruling on initiating a case against Dmitry Vasilyev, who went to the picket, also stated that 20 people entered the courthouse and were interfering with the proceedings.
- Documentary maker Vsevolod Korolev is accused of spreading “fakes” about the army motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) due to several posts on VKontakte. The prosecutor demanded that he be sentenced to nine years in prison. Before his arrest, Korolev was filming a documentary about the artist Sasha Skochilenko, another person involved in the “anti-war cause.”