Criminal Case for Protest Actions

According to the information of the “Novosti” Russian information agency, a criminal case was brought for “organization of group actions that violate the public order or active participation in them”. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, during the investigation it is intended to find the persons, guilty in the organization of the unauthorized actions and violations of the public order and criminally punish them. He also reminded that all the persons who were detained protestors were administratively punished: fined or imprisoned for 3-15 days.