The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg fined one of the participants in the uncoordinated rally on February 23, Yuri Balabonyan, for violating the procedure for organizing the march. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the united press service of the city’s courts on Sunday, January 24.
The man was fined 10 thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.2.2 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
It is noted that he came to the Northern capital from Krasnodar.
The day before, during an illegal protest in St. Petersburg, one of the women tried to prevent the detention of a man, as a result of which she was hit by a security officer. The victim was hospitalized. On Sunday she was visited by Sergey Muzyka, head of the department for organizing the protection of public order and interaction with the city’s executive authorities. He apologized to the victim on behalf of the entire personnel, promising to understand the situation and punish those responsible. He also guaranteed help to the patient. The woman accepted the apology.
In turn, the head of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) under the President of Russia, Valery Fadeev, stated that there were no violations during the detention of participants in uncoordinated actions. He expressed confidence that in the absence of provocations and clashes with the police, the detainees would be released after drawing up an act on violation of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
Unauthorized actions took place in different cities of Russia on 23 January. The OVD-Info Telegram channel reported about 2,500 detainees. There were children among the detainees. One of the detainees is a 17-year-old girl who handed out leaflets. According to the data of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow, about 4 thousand people gathered for an unauthorized event on Pushkin Square in the capital, among them were minors. Earlier, the authorities have repeatedly reminded that involving children in riots is punishable by law.
The hashtag #ChildrenVnePolitiki was launched on the Internet to ensure the safety of minors in connection with calls to go to unauthorized actions. On January 20, there was a massive spread of calls to participate in such events on social networks, with children aged 12-14 being the recipients of the distribution.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia said that they would investigate and give a legal assessment of the facts of provocations or disobedience to the demands of law enforcement officers at uncoordinated Saturday actions.