Why wasn’t Lebedev asked about Bolotnaya?
Konstantin Lebedev, assistant to Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for organizing the riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. Since Lebedev voluntarily confessed and repented, no facts and evidence were considered by the court, and witnesses were not heard. The verdict stated: Lebedev, together with his accomplices, invited the people to the procession on May 6 precisely in order to create a stampede. Then they deliberately sat down on the asphalt.