Former Open Russia director Andrei Pivovarov was transferred from a pretrial detention center in Krasnodar to prison colony No. 11 in the village of Akhtarsky, Krasnodar Territory, ahead of an appeal against the verdict. Lawyer Sergei Badamshin wrote about this on Thursday, July 4, on his Telegram channel.
Previously, such plans were announced the day before by the head of Pivovarov’s headquarters, Tatyana Usmanova. “Andrey Pivovarov is being transferred from SIZO-1 in Krasnodar to a colony. He managed to call his mother and tell him about it. When we find out where he was transferred we will write immediately,” she promised on Telegram.
Pivovarov was convicted in the case of “undesirable organization”
On July 15, the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Pivovarov to four years in a penal colony in a case of cooperation with an “undesirable organization” (Article 284.1 of the Penal Code) – “Open Russia”. In addition to the prison sentence, the oppositionist was banned for eight years from engaging in social and political activities, including using the Internet. The oppositionist did not admit his guilt, his defense promised to appeal the verdict.
Pivovarov was detained on May 31 at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, when he had already boarded a plane that was supposed to fly to Poland. After a search of the St. Petersburg apartment, the politician was transferred to Krasnodar, where he was arrested.
On June 3, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared Pivovarov a foreign agent, along with Oleg Kashin and Evgeny Chichvarkin.
Source: DW
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