Russia’s Investigative Committee has initiated a criminal procedure against Kirill Ukraintsev for ‘repeated breaches of public assembly rules’, reports his labour union.
A search was conducted at Ukraintsev's house on Monday morning. The labour union reported that lawyers and journalists were not allowed into the apartment during the search. Ukraintsev’s PC, laptop and phones were confiscated. After the search, he was escorted to meet the detectives.
“Food delivery couriers had their wages cut recently, so we had to protest against this. We have no doubt that Ukraintsev was detained to spoil our protest,” the trade union said in their statement.
Ukraintsev might also be accused of allegedly setting up a rally of taxi drivers in Sergiev Posad, the union believes.
Koptevsky court in Moscow detained Ukraintsev for 10 days in September 2021 for ‘setting up a rally’. The reason behind the case was Ukraintsev’s Instagram post supporting Azat Miftakhov, a mathematician convicted for acts of hooliganism against the United Russia ruling party.
