“The president, of course, is in the know, of course, he receives information,” Peskov answered the question of whether the president should respond to affairs that cause public outcry.
At the same time, as TASS reports, he emphasized that "the president can neither react nor influence the court decision, this is impossible."
Peskov recalled that Ustinov may file a complaint against the verdict.
On September 16, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow sentenced Pavel Ustinov to a general prison colony for 3.5 years for using violence against riot police during an unauthorized rally in the center of the capital on August 3.
The prosecutor asked to send the man to the colony for 6 years.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 600 people were detained on August 3.