Press Release, 24.06.2020

The court in Yeysk, the Krasnodar Territory, arrested for ten days Alexander Korovainy, Yabloko’s municipal deputy of the Council of the Municipal Formation of the Yeysk District, for “disobeying the police”. Alexander was arrested after a rally against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution.

In addition, Korovainy was fined 1.000 roubles for violating the rules of conduct in the COVID high alert regime. A protocol of administrative offence was drawn up against him for the organisation of an action uncoordinated with the authorities, however, the administrative case was closed due to the lack of corpus delicti.

Korovainy was detained at a rally against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution on June 22. Two weeks before the rally, the Yeysk administration gave a permission for a rally for 100 people. Later, the organisers were informed that their action violates Article 20.6.1 of the Administrative Code (“Failure to comply with the rules of conduct in an emergency or the threat of its occurrence”) and cannot be carried out, but it was decided not to cancel it.

Korovainy and another detainee, Yevgeny Bulgakov, were left in the police department for the night. The latter was fined 11,000 roubles: 1,000 roubles for violation of the high alert regime and 10,000 roubles for holding a public event without a prior notice.