The judge in the case of depriving an Open Russia member of the status of a lawyer recuses herself
The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa is considering an administrative lawsuit filed by lawyer Vitaly Burkin against the Chamber of Lawyers of Bashkortostan. In October, the Chamber disbarred Burkin as a lawyer for criticizing the judiciary. At the second hearing in the case, on January 9, the judge recoiled, saying that she was someone's relative. Ramil Akhmetgaliev, a lawyer for the Agora international human rights group, told OVD-Info about this.