The court sentenced opera singer Vadim Cheldiev to 10 years in prison for calling an anti-COVID rally.
Vadim Cheldyev
The Rostov District Court sentenced opera singer Vadim Cheldiev to 10 years in a strict regime colony. This was reported by “Interfax” with reference to its correspondent. The state’s attorney’s office asked for 11 years in prison. Cheldiev himself did not admit his guilt.
According to the investigation, Cheldiev posted a video on his Telegram channel in 2020 calling for a rally in Vladikavkaz against coronavirus restrictions.
On April 20, 2020, an unauthorized rally was held in Vladikavkaz on Freedom Square. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, up to 2.5 thousand people came, all of them opposed the coronavirus restrictions and the detention of Cheldiev. When the police forced the protesters out of the square, the demonstrators were pelted with stones.
Thus, from the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Cheldiev denied the existence of this disease and accused the authorities of wanting to “establish full control”.
Also in the investigation, St. It is reported that Vadim Cheldiev hit a police officer in the face several times during transportation from St. Petersburg to Rostov-on-Don.
Source: Spletnik
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