The Verkh-Isetsky court of Yekaterinburg sentenced two local residents – Alexei Konkov and Kirill Kudrin – to real prison terms in the case of a grenade thrown at the riot police during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny. Reported by the correspondents of local publications. Znak.com and It’s My City.
The court appointed Konkov 10 months, Kudrin – 8 months of imprisonment with a serving time in a colony-settlement. Both were found guilty of using violence against security officials (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). Initially, young people were accused of hooliganism – participation in mass riots (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code), but the court dropped this charge.
According to investigators, on the day of the rally, January 23, Konkov handed a pyrotechnic grenade to his friend Kudrin, and left a smoke bomb with him. Directly at the rally, young people “out of hooligan motives, disregarding respect for society” threw a grenade and a saber at the riot police in the park near the Drama Theater. After that, they went home by taxi, they said in the UK.
The siloviki (their names were classified in the case), as claimed in court, “experienced physical pain” – their eyes began to water and their uniforms deteriorated. Under tainted uniforms like transfers Znak.com, I meant the pants of a riot policeman.
Konkov and Kudrin apologized for what they had done, pleaded guilty and cooperated with the investigation. Their acquaintance spoke in court that they took a saber to the rally in order to “scare the police officers” and “took a sip” of vodka. The state prosecutor insisted that the young people committed their act “out of unjustified anger towards the authorities.”