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The Bolotnaya Square case is a criminal case by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on the counts of alleged massive riot (article 212 of the Russian Criminal code) and alleged violence against police (article 318 of the Russian Criminal code) during the "March of the Millions" on May 6, 2012[1] while the protesters were marching down the Yakimanka street in Moscow to the Bolotnaya Square, the destination point of the demonstration.
Overall, 27 people were arrested and accused, four of them women. Currently, one of the accused has committed suicide, two were convicted, eighteen are kept under arrest, six are awaiting trial in Russia, and one escaped abroad. More than 13 thousand people have been questioned as witnesses, the overwhelming majority of them being law enforcement agents.
Houses of the opposition leaders Alexey Navalny, Sergey Udaltsov, Kseniya Sobchak, Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin and Pyotr Verzilov were searched.[2]
More than 200 investigators are working on the case. According to Novaya Gazeta, most of them call the case “political” in private discussions.
In order to help the arrested the supporters created an organization called the May 6th Committee. Bolotnaya process is known for numerous violations of Russian Laws.
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