Criminal case has been initiated against participant of market vendors rally (Photo)

A criminal action has been initiated against an activist Andrei Kim, one of the participants of the protest rally of small businessmen on January 21. The young man has been charged with “violence or a threat of violence against policemen” (Article 364 of the Criminal Code). Under this Article the young man faces up to 6 years of imprisonment.

Now Andrei Kim stays in a special detention center in Akrestsin Street. On January 22 judge of the court of Tsentralny district of Minsk Tatsyana Paulyuchuk sentenced him to 10 days of arrest and a fine of 1,050,000 rubles.