“The court upheld the decision of the Presnensky District Court of Moscow unchanged, the appeal was dismissed,” the court said.

Earlier, the Moscow City Court dismissed the complaint about the arrest of the first defendant in the Moscow riot case, Ivan Podkopaev.

The Investigative Committee also indicted the participant of illegal actions Konstantin Kotov under Art. 212.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (repeated violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a rally).