Moscow court jails 21-year-old for 13 days on disobeying-police charges following mass youth roundup in Kitay-Gorod
Moscow’s Tagansky District Court sentenced a 21-year-old local resident to 13 days in jail for disobeying police orders, an administrative offense under Article 19.3 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses, the news outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti reported.
The outlet identified the man only as Magomed G. The case listing on the court’s website identifies him as Magomed Gasanov. He was detained on November 7 and taken to the Tagansky police station. The officers who filed the report allege that Gasanov refused to show them his passport or get into a police van.
The court received the police report on November 9 and heard the case the same day. In court, Gasanov partially admitted guilt but denied refusing to obey the officers. He said he “didn’t immediately understand what was happening.”
Ostorozhno, Novosti believes Gasanov was detained during police raids in Moscow’s Kitay-Gorod neighborhood. On the evening of November 7, police detained hundreds of teenagers and young adults near Gorka Park on Bolshoy Spasoglinishchevsky Lane. Those detained said they were offered military service contracts at police stations, and some were handed draft notices.
On November 9, the Basmanny and Tagansky district courts received a total of 12 police reports alleging petty hooliganism or disobeying police, the outlet reported. It remains unclear whether these cases are connected to the detentions in Kitay-Gorod.
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