Yulia Melnichenko appealed the fine.

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Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko, fined for picketing outside the North Ossetian Prosecutor's Office, has appealed the fine.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the administrative case of Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko, detained on October 30 for picketing outside the North Ossetian Prosecutor's Office, has been refiled in court. The first time, the court returned the report to the police, stating that it was filed by "unauthorized persons." On December 17, the court fined Melnichenko five thousand rubles.

On January 12, Yulia Melnichenko received the text of the ruling from the Leninsky District Court, which fined her five thousand rubles. Melnichenko told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about this.

The ruling shows that the court essentially repeated the arguments of the police officers who drew up the administrative violation report: they accused Melnichenko of violating Decree No. 311 of the head of North Ossetia dated July 22, 2025, "On additional measures to implement Decree No. 757 of the President of the Russian Federation dated October 19, 2022, "On measures implemented in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in connection with Decree No. 756 of the President of the Russian Federation dated October 19, 2022," completely ignoring her statement that the decree concerned mass events, while the solo picket she was holding did not. The ruling states that the police officer failed to appear for the hearing, but the judge did not reschedule it.

"It also states that I violated the rules of conduct during a state of heightened alert, despite the fact that such a state of alert was not declared by a decree of the head of Ossetia or any other legal acts. I filed a complaint against this decision," Melnichenko said.

As a reminder, on September 11, Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko held a picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow and subsequently spent more than three hours in police custody. Melnichenko, who had previously unsuccessfully sought to open a case regarding the beating of her brother Rostislav by a security officer in Mozdok, faced threats and pressure from law enforcement officers. At the picket, she demanded "an end to the repression." After the picket in Moscow, an FSB officer summoned Yulia Melnichenko for a conversation, informing her that no measures would be taken regarding her complaints. The circumstances of the case of Melnichenko's brother's beating by a security officer indicate gross violations, the lawyer confirmed.