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On March 23, Khimki city court held its second meeting on the charge of anti-fascists Gaskarova Alexey and Maxim Solopova in organizing attacks on the city administration Khimki July 28, 2010. Recall, if more than 300 anti-fascists had an unauthorized march Khimki in protest against government plans to cut down the forest for Khimki Toll route "Moscow-St.Petersburg" and reprisals against participants in the protest camp defenders of the forest. The action ended with graffiti on government building and shattered four windows.The organization shares were charged with the well-known anti-fascists Gaskarov Alexey and Maxim Solopov, who faces up to 7 years imprisonment under Article 213 part 2 of the Criminal Code "hooliganism." At the last hearing on March 14 most of the prosecution witnesses failed to appear, so that the judge Zepalova even had to issue a ruling on their enforcement drive.

According to reports bailiffs, two witnesses for the prosecution of the house did not catch, but the judge still hopes to see them at the next meeting.

March 23 the judge still managed to interrogate one of the main prosecution witnesses, a resident of suburban Moscow Mendeleev Alex Pitel.July 28, this young man together with his friend Maxime Khramov, as prosecution witness, allegedly happened to be in Khimki, coming from the center of Moscow in a car with hardly know the girls. Girls, if you believe the witnesses, their "prodinamili, but in the way of adventurers came across a column of anti-fascists going to smash Khimki administration. Neither the names of girls, notheir approximate age, nor will the machine where they came from the Temple in Khimki, in the court Pitel recall failed, but he definitely remembered the face of Alexey Gaskarova who allegedly threw Fire (or a smoke bomb?) in administration, and then passed them with a friend, he suddenly withdrew from the face mask.

When at the request of public prosecutor were read testimony Pitel given to them during questioning at the preliminary investigation, identification and confrontations with Alexey and Maxim Gaskarova Solopova, it became clear that while Pitel remember Gaskarova in the face, because"During the commission of unlawful acts" had been unmasked, but identified him "on the specifics teleslozheniya. About clothing Gaskarova that at the inquest that Pitel could only say "in accordance with this time of year."
But Pitel acknowledged his signature in the records of identification and confrontation with Solopova, where a witness claimed that Solopova identified because he passed by him after "committing illegal acts," "took off the mask and wiped his face." During the trial, Pitel Solopova not know, but on the judge's question about who among the accused still took with him a mask, said the standard "I do not remember."Maxim Solopov said in court that he first sees this witness, confrontation and identification were carried out with another person.

Also from the interrogation Pitel during the trial vyyanilos that registered at the neurologist because of bad memory, he is not a member, but a few years ago was convicted of theft. On the issue of providing services to law enforcement authorities said, however, is negative.

After a break in the hearing Pitel even accused one of the listeners of the fact that he allegedly threatened him.The judge advised him to contact police.

Two other prosecution witnesses, journalists, and his wife, Sergey Smirnov and Anastasia Krivoshanova, the court changed his testimony given during the preliminary investigation. They attributed this to the fact that the investigators put pressure on them: they were interrogated in Khimki ATS Within 10 hours, explaining their status (they are witnesses or suspects) and not allowing them a lawyer, threatening to make them defendants in the case, as Gaskarova and Solopova ."This case at a level that we have found them to three witnesses, and you shall find" - said by investigators. In their apartment in the meantime was searched.

Thus Smirnov and Krivoshanovu forced to show that they had allegedly seen as Maxim and Dennis Solopov something thrown to the administration and fired a gun, but someone Pit with a megaphone in his hands guided by the crowd. Also, they were forced to specify the party zoozaschitnogo and environmental movements Roman Belousov: that it was he who told them about the anti-fascist concert on Trubnaya Square in Moscow, Khimki forest protection and asked to invite friends for his coverage of journalists.

In fact, Sergey and Anastasia knew about the planned concert only from the Internet, but on July 28 they are not interested in this event and met representatives of the authorities in Khimki, storoiteley toll highway Moscow - St. Petersburg "and defenders of Khimki forest.Promised by the authorities of a meeting of the parties did not take place, but a phone call from friends and journalists Smirnov Krivoshanova already arrived in Khimki, found that anti-fascists gathered at the Pipe area is likely to go to Khimki.

The journalists waited for the crowd of anti-fascists, and Anastasia made a photo essay of their shares in Khimki.Alexei Gaskarova, Pribysh cover action as a reporter Intituta "Collective Action", she and her husband have only seen near the station Khimki without a mask. Maxim and Dennis Solopova onivideli in polpe, masks, they also did not wear, but with the certainty that they were not among those young men in masks, which are painted and threw the administration building: at this time of Maxim and Dennis stood up banners "cleanse forest from the Nazi occupation, and Anastasia can not see them among the "thugs".Pete with a megaphone and did not give any commands a crowd.

In addition, the allegations Smirnov and Krivoshanovoy, investigators initially tried to force them to testify against the leader of the movement to protect forests Khimki Eugenia Chirikov and the famous anti-fascist Alexei Olesinova, but later ceased to mention about these people.

On the pressure exerted on them during the preliminary investigation, Sergey and Anastasia wrote to the prosecutor, but she refused to initiate criminal proceedings against investigators.

Another prosecution witness, journalist broadcaster "Rain" Ilya Vasyunin, told a court that he did not see any of the defendants threw something in the administration or fired from a pistol.

The next meeting is scheduled for Khimki court on April 14 to 10 hours.Address: Moscow region, Khimki, Leningrad Highway 16, traveling from Moscow metro station "River Station" bus. 851, from the metro station "Glider" aut. 817, 905 to the stop. Str. Mayakovsky.

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