The coordinator of the Sverdlovsk branch of "Open Russia" Maxim Vernikov was fined 5,000 rubles. Judge of the site number 8 on the street. Frunze, d. 40 found Yekaterinburg guilty of working for an undesirable organization.
It's about the British organization Open Russia Civic Movement, associated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
In the regional branch of "Open Russia" they deny connection with the legal entity banned on the territory of the Russian Federation and declare that they are not financed by this organization.
"I was found guilty and given a fine of 5,000. Judge Stepanova did not even have time to read out the motivation part, she limited herself to the resolution. Let's go on Friday honoring what she justified, "- wrote Vernikov on his personal Facebook page.
A young man with a lawyer is going to appeal this decision.