Judge of the Moscow City Court Olesya Mendeleeva closed the hearing on the appeal against the verdict of the municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, explaining this by the threats received by the court. This is reported by the authors of the telegram channel «Freedom to Alexei Gorinov!» =»1″ />7 years for the “war”. How was the Moscow deputy Gorinov tried, who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine
As the support group of the politician noted, the meeting began without listeners to ensure the safety of the participants in the trial (paragraph 4 of part 1 of article 241 of the Code of Criminal Procedure). According to the judge, earlier the Meshchansky District Court received threats, because of which a criminal case was initiated.
Prior to this, the bailiffs refused to let Gorinov's wife and son into the building, since «all cases of discrediting the army are held in a closed court session,» the telegram channel «Freedom to Alexei Gorinov!»
Municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in prison in the case of «fakes» about the army (paragraph «e» of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) on July 8. His colleagues — the former head of the district Ilya Yashin and the current Elena Kotenochkina — also became defendants in the «fake» case. Yashin was arrested until September 12, and Kotenochkina left Russia and is wanted.
Gorinov was detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center at the end of April. He and Kotenochkina were charged with a minute of silence “for the victims of the ongoing military aggression in Ukraine,” which they announced on March 15 during a meeting of the council of deputies. » class=»mz-publish-context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />«There is a war, and we are obsessed.» The case of Mundep Gorinov was investigated in 5 days — he was sent to a pre-trial detention center due to a short dispute about a competition for children's drawings