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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 on the Bolotnaya square in Moscow.〔 The demonstration was one of the biggest protests in Russia since the 1990s. The Bolotnaya Square case is largely recognized as politically motivated both internationally as well as in Russia. Thus Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin repeatedly stated that "there were no riots on Bolotnaya Square" and that "innocent people were subjected to criminal sanctions".〔(Lukin: There Were No Riots on Bolotnaya Square )〕〔(Ombudsman supports idea to amnesty Bolotnaya Square riot case participants )〕 The European Court of Human Rights also issued numerous verdicts where the court ruled that in the Bolotnaya Square case Russia violated European Convention on Human Rights. The European Parliament issued resolutions 2013/2667(RSP) of June 13, 2013 and resolution 2014/2628(RSP) of March 13, 2014 on the political nature of the ''bolotnaya square case''. Prisoners of the case were recognized as prisoners of conscience by the Amnesty International. Overall, 26 people were accused, four of them women. One of the accused had committed suicide, twenty four were kept under arrest, of them several under house arrest, and one escaped abroad. Houses of the opposition leaders Alexey Navalny, Sergey Udaltsov, Kseniya Sobchak, Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin and Pyotr Verzilov were searched.〔(Russian anti-Putin activist 'admits riot plot'. Russian investigators say a detained anti-Kremlin activist has admitted trying to foment riots with funding from a Georgian MP. ).〕 More than 200 investigators are working on the case. According to ''Novaya Gazeta'', most of them call the case “political” in private discussions. More than 13 thousand people have been questioned as witnesses, the overwhelming majority of them being law enforcement agents. 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. Most of the people accused in the Bolotnaya square case then were amnestied in December 2013, due to the public pressure both in home and abroad in support of the political prisoners. == Events == According to the Grani.ru journal, on November 1 the lawyers at the “Public verdict” foundation called on the Investigation committee to initiate an investigation of the assault of the 67-year-old Turane Varzhabetyan on May 6, 2012 on the Bolotnaya square.〔("The Bolotnaya square case: the assaulted woman has addressed the Investigative committee" ), Grani.ru, 01.11.2012.〕 On November 6, Novaya Gazeta reported on a conflict inside the First Department of Special Affairs Investigation of the General Investigative Board of the Investigative Committee for the city of Moscow, that is responsible for dealing with assault and murder cases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bolotnaya Square case」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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