After we were taken to the police station, people's cell phones were taken away with no explanation. No law supports that action. Fortunately, we managed to call a lawyer before they took our phones away from us.

Despite the rather simple procedure we were not released until the morning. Until that moment, we had no connection with our relatives and friends; we could not tell anyone where we were or what police department we were taken to. There were many cases on that day when lawyers were simply not allowed into the police departments (a severe violation of the Russian Federation's laws).

A month and a half later, I found out that the notice of the court hearing in my case had not been delivered to me and court had been postponed. Thanks to a human rights organization, I managed to find out about the date of the re-hearing of the court. This allowed my lawyer and me, albeit in a short time, to draw up a defense. If it weren't for the human rights organization that supported me, I wouldn't even be able to try to defend my rights in court.

Like most of the other detainees, I was accused of violating Article 20.2 Part 6.1 of the Russian Federation's Administrative Code. Namely: “interfering with the functioning of life support facilities, transport or social infrastructure”. The detention report stated that I shouted slogans and blocked traffic, although I did neither. The case file did not contain any information about the persons who were harmed by my actions or about the consequences that occurred. The judge issued a guilty verdict despite the lack of evidence. Moreover, the judge did not grant the lawyer's motion to summon the prosecutor and the police officers who had carried out the arrest. I, like most other detainees in the July 15 case, was fined 10,000 rubles.

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