For political reasons, fines were issued in the amount of 540 rubles and 8 days of administrative arrest.
In Polotsk on May 6, officers detained Olga Popova in the forest: she allegedly painted a bench in the colors of the national flag. The woman was kept in a temporary detention facility for 3 days, but no criminal case was opened for hooliganism. After another 3 days, Dergachev sentenced her to 15 days for a photograph with the national flag.
For political reasons, fines were issued in the amount of 540 rubles and 8 days of administrative arrest.
In Polotsk on May 6, officers detained Olga Popova in the forest: she allegedly painted a bench in the colors of the national flag. The woman was kept in a temporary detention facility for 3 days, but no criminal case was opened for hooliganism. After another 3 days, Dergachev sentenced her to 15 days for a photograph with the national flag.
Ruslan was arrested in January 2021 and convicted of making and distributing "hedgehogs" in front of a convoy of cars participating in a pro-government rally in the fall of 2020. He was also accused of attempting to damage railway tracks by connecting the rails with metal wire, which could have delayed the movement of trains.
Ruslan is into extreme sports and arboristry. He loves heights and gets a thrill from sitting on a roof or hugging treetops. In prison, he discovered his talent for drawing. In his personal life, he works with wood, grows potatoes, keeps pigs and loves horses.
Ruslan has a benign brain tumor, as well as severe back pain , due to which he sometimes could not get out of bed.
04.12.2021
Court hearings will be held in Polotsk from 13 to 25 December. Judge Dergachev.
18.11.2021
Ruslan loves horses
06.09.2021
09/03/2021 Ruslan was charged: Article 289.ch1
1. Committing an explosion, arson, flooding, or other acts in a generally dangerous way - deprivation of liberty for a term of eight to fifteen years. The case of two wheels punctured by hedgehogs was rewritten as terrorism
After the sentence comes into effect, it is only possible to write letters to a prisoner. According to article 85 of the Penal Enforcement Code, prisoners cannot receive money transfers from persons who are not family members. Parcels are also only possible from relatives. If you want to help, help families directly, if this option is available on the prisoner's card.
Igor was convicted twice in the summer of 2022 for comments about government officials in Telegram chats and sentenced to restricted freedom in an open facility, as well as to compensation.
In January 2023, a court hearing was held "on replacing the restriction of freedom with imprisonment in an open correctional facility," but its outcome is unknown.
Trial outcome 07.06.2022
2 years 6 months restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, unknown rubles of compensation.
Trial outcome 13.07.2022
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 6880 rubles of compensation.
Appeal 30.09.2022
the sentence was upheld.
Final verdict by partial addition:
3 years restrictions of freedom with referral to an open-type correctional facility, approximately 6880 rubles of compensation.
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