The court in Volgograd fined a participant of the appeal to Bastrykin at the gas station.

The Central District Court of Volgograd fined local resident Tatyana Smetanko for participating in an unauthorized mass event. The woman was detained near a gas station where a group of drivers was trying to record an appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on July 16, police detained five people at a gas station in Volgograd who were recording a video appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, regarding the situation with gasoline. Lawyer Alexey Sevastyanov was arrested by the court the next day for five days. After his release, Sevastyanov told "Caucasian Knot" that the police "fabricated" protocols against the activists under the article on violating the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally 1 .

The Central District Court of Volgograd fined Tatyana Smetanko 10,000 rubles, recognizing her as a participant in an unauthorized mass event. The court's ruling on August 17 was noted by “Mediazona”*.

Tatyana Smetanko was detained on the afternoon of July 16 on Rokossovsky Street 2g in Volgograd. The woman "participated in a public event held in the form of a rally" in a public place without coordination with the administration of Volgograd, according to the document on the court's website.

At the specified address is a "Magnit" supermarket, opposite which is a "Lukoil" gas station (Rokossovskogo, 1R). On the same day, Alexey Sevastyanov was also detained at this gas station - a protocol was also drawn up against him for participating in a mass event, but the Volgograd court sent the case materials to the city of Volzhsky, where Sevastyanov was born, the publication notes.

Tatyana Smetanko herself was not present at the court hearing; the case was considered in her absence. The protocol was submitted for consideration on July 20, and the hearing took place on August 13.

Along with the cases of Smetanko and Sevastyanov, two more administrative cases under the same article on participation in unauthorized actions were submitted to the Central District Court of Volgograd - against Marina Arkhipova and Natalia Ogloblina. Their cases have not yet been considered: the hearing for Ogloblina's case is scheduled for August 25, and for Arkhipova's case - for September 16.

The fuel crisis arose against the backdrop of attacks on oil refineries, including those located in southern Russia. For example, on June 10, a fire occurred at the territory of a refinery in the village of Afipsky. On June 5, an oil depot in Ust-Labinsk caught fire, requiring the evacuation of residents of nearby houses. On June 2, a fire broke out at a refinery in the village of Ilsk in the Seversky district as a result of a drone attack. The fire was extinguished the same day.

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