"The police officers forged documents." A Syktyvkar deputy shared details of the trial in which she was fined for a picket criticizing the regional governor.
The court found the head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction in the Syktyvkar City Council Valery Strekalov guilty of violating the rules for holding a collective picket. The action took place on May 1st, timed to coincide with International Workers' Solidarity Day, and was attended by 15 people. The picket had been approved by the authorities, but police officers disapproved of the posters demanding the resignation of the head of the Komi Republic. Vladimir Uyba.
The court reviewed their report on June 14. As Valeria Strekalova told NeMoskva, the hearing lasted about an hour and a half. A representative from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not allowed to participate because he came without a power of attorney. The judge refused to hear the testimony of the witnesses who did attend.
The court examined the video recording of law enforcement agencies that was made at the event, — Strekalova clarified. — Everything is calm and routine there. The police themselves report on camera that there are no violations.
The deputy also claims that “the police officers committed document forgery”:
They replaced the original warning that was given to me on the eve of the picket, she said. — I still have a copy with an error in the date of the event, but in the case file this page has been completely replaced and is no longer error-free.
The case includes testimony from police officers who were at a respectable distance from Strekalova during the protest, but allegedly heard her being verbally warned that the posters did not correspond to their stated purpose.
Srekalova was fined 13 rubles. She disagrees with the court's guilty verdict, considering it politically motivated, and will appeal.
The political background of the case was brought up after police officers started looking deputy to get an explanation from her. They came to her home and office in it, waited in the entrance, and banged on the door. At the same time, the police was looking for Svetlana Zvereva from Ukhta, who held a rally criticizing Vladimir Uyba.
On words State Duma deputy Oleg Mikhailov, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "almost openly say that the order is political." He considers Uyba "petty and touchy," "incapable of open discussion."
