Dmitry Borisov is the latest figure in the Russian authorities' case against anti-corruption protesters. Source: OVD-Info.
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This week, a new defendant emerged in the “26 March case”, the investigation into Russia’s anti-corruption protests. In Moscow, the authorities carried out a search at the home of Dmitry Borisov, a member of the grassroots Moscow-based Movement of the 14%. Borisov was then taken to the Investigative Committee for an identity parade and a face-to-face meeting with the police officer against whom he is accused of using violence. Borisov is now being held in the Petrovka temporary detention facility. Investigations of this kind are not only being carried out in Moscow, however. A protester who was present at the rally held on 26 March in Petrozavodsk is also suspected of using violence against a police officer.
