Sunday, October 27. A march along the boulevards from Pushkinskaya to Turgenevskaya Square. Gathering begins at 2:00 p.m. on Strastnoy Boulevard. In the Bolotnaya case (the criminal case following the 2012 Bolotnaya Square protest), 12 people have already been brought to trial and another 15 remain under investigation. The “Bolotnaya prisoners” are charged under serious articles of the Criminal Code: “organizing and participating in mass riots” and “violence against government representatives.” They face long prison terms. These people are hostages. The investigation and trial have been going on for nearly a year and a half, and most of those charged in the case are being held in custody without justification. They are forced to endure the most important moments of their lives behind bars: their own weddings and the funerals of loved ones alike. Their health is deteriorating, and the conditions of their detention are far from comfortable. On October 8, one of the “Bolotnaya prisoners,” Mikhail Kosenko, was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment. This decision was made despite the fact that not a single witness identified him during the trial. It is obvious that the Bolotnaya case is a tool of political retaliation and a way to intimidate everyone else. Come.
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