On Monday (December 23) Moscow’s Tverskoy Court sentenced municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina to two years probation.

Galyamina was found guilty of repeatedly violating the rules for conducting rallies and pickets (under article 212.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). State prosecutors were seeking a three-year prison sentence for the Moscow lawmaker.

According to the court, Galyamina organized an unauthorized mass protest in 2020 “aimed at changing the constitutional order.” As stated in the verdict, the participants in the rally “called for illegal actions, created a threat to the health of citizens, and disrupted pedestrians and transport.”

About 200 of Galyamina’s supporters gathered at the Tverskoy Court for the announcement of the verdict.

This footage was filmed and produced 23 December 2020.
Tverskoy District Court of Moscow today will issue a verdict to the municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina, accused under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
People gathered in support of the prisoner politician demanding her release.
This woman talks about why she supports Yulia Galyamina, who is judged under Article 212.1.
The translation of the video:
(00:00) -Love thy neighbor. It is to give oneself to the needs of the people. This is the second commandment... Thy God, the second - thy your neighbor.
(00:10) Here is an example, vivid, illustrative - Yulia Galyamina. Well just…
(00:20) -… Will she be released? How do you think?
(00:23) -Well, we only pray about it. We pray, here's how we can support, how we can come so that she at least feels this help, support.
(00:33) I don’t know how this government ... as someone else's, not the people’s, never hears us.
(00:42) Not that it doesn't hear, but puts in jail. It might imprison me for being with a picket, so they can write too ... (video breaks off).

This footage was filmed and produced 23 December 2020.
Tverskoy District Court of Moscow today will issue a verdict to the municipal deputy Yulia Galyamina, accused under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
People gathered in support of the prisoner politician demanding her release.
Protesters gathered outside the courthouse shouting "Let her go" in support of Yulia Galyamina.