This is really interesting. From what I’ve seen, it has turned out to be one of the most effective tools of mutual aid.
Probably because it’s the simplest thing. No explanations are needed. We all go to rallies. Today he gets fined, tomorrow I do. Today I give him 100 rubles toward the 10,000 he needs, tomorrow he helps me.
It is incredibly important that everyone understand this: there is nothing terrifying about detentions and fines if we help one another.
A brief update:
We are continuing to raise money for fines and redistribute it to those who need it.
Since announcing the campaign to reimburse fines issued after March 26, 189 people have contacted us for compensation. Of those, we have paid fines for 138 people, totaling 1,578,150 rubles. At the moment, 51 people are still waiting for their fines to be paid, for a total of 578,500 rubles. It is reasonable to assume that covering all fines related to the March 26 rallies for everyone who has applied will require about 2,500,000 more rubles.
Payments of fines related to June 12 will begin soon.
After the March 26 rallies, 761 people contacted our hotline; after June 12, 292 people did. That is about half as many. This is because many people were released without an official police report being filed. Therefore, we estimate the total amount needed for fines related to June 12 at around 2,000,000 rubles.
So, another 4,500,000 rubles will be needed to cover all the fines issued after the anti-corruption rallies.
In other words, if 15,000 people chip in 300 rubles each, we can cover everything.
Of course, all payments are made on the basis of court documents, so you can rest assured on that point.
The current fundraising statistics are as follows: 1,337,813 rubles from your donations have been paid out through the Yandex wallet of ACF director Roman Rubanov. In total, transfers were received from 2,432 people, and the average donation was 567 rubles. The largest donation was 15,000 rubles (thank you), and the smallest was 3 kopecks (thank you for that too).
Another 200,000 rubles for fine payments was temporarily taken from the election campaign’s funds. Some people needed to pay urgently, fundraising was not keeping up, a cash shortfall emerged, and we covered it so that court bailiffs would not start chasing anyone.
The average fine is 10,000 rubles in the regions and 15,000 rubles in Moscow.
If you would like to take part in this mutual-aid fund, here again is Roman Rubanov’s wallet for helping those who have been fined: 410011790053534.
Remember: today you help someone, tomorrow someone helps you. Solidarity is everything to us.