The termination of the case of an LGBT activist detained on Airborne Forces Day was declared legal
The decision on the legality of the termination of proceedings in the administrative case against Yuri Gavrikov, who was detained on the day of the Airborne Forces for trying to picket on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, came into force. This is reported by the lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov, representing the interests of the LGBT activist. “Thus, Gavrikov was unreasonably detained on charges of petty hooliganism and kept for a day in the 71st police department.