The court rejected the appeals of the Stoptime band musicians against the first arrests

The St. Petersburg City Court rejected the appeal of lawyer Maria Zyryanova against the decision of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg to arrest Diana Loginova for 13 days for “organizing a mass event that entailed a violation of public order,” a SOTAvision * correspondent reported in court.

Lawyer Maria Zyryanova indicated that the protocol was drawn up on the basis of the testimony of the “vigilant citizen” Nikolaev, who reported to the police about the Stoptime performance, which prevented the passage of citizens. However, his request to summon him to court was denied.

Also, the court did not consider the contradiction in dates: Nikolaev’s testimony and the police report were originally dated October 13, when the group “Stoptime” performed at this place on October 11.

Only one witness to the speech at the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station was invited into the courtroom. He said there were between 50 and 100 listeners - people came and went as they pleased. The witness himself did not feel any difficulty in passing the crowd of people.

Despite this, the court rejected the appeal and upheld the arrest decision. According to a similar scenario, meetings were held regarding complaints from guitarist Alexander Orlov and drummer Vladislav Leontyev.

Loginova and Orlov are currently serving administrative arrest under the second protocol on organizing a mass event for performing songs of “foreign agents” on the streets of St. Petersburg. In addition, Diana Loginova was fined under the article on “discrediting” the army for singing the song Monetochka * .

* Recognized as “foreign agents” in Russia.
Photo: SOTAvision