MOSCOW, December 7 (RAPSI) – New defendant in the Bolotnaya Square riots case, Dmitriy Buchenkov, has filed an appeal against the detention, his lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina told RAPSI on Monday.

On December 4, Moscow’s Basmanny Disctrict Court ordered the detention of Buchenkov until February 2. He stands accused of participating in riots and attacking police officers.  

Over 400 people were arrested and scores were injured in the authorized Bolotnaya Square protest that turned violent in May 2012. Dozens were later charged with inciting mass riots and battery against law enforcement officers.

Riot organizers Leonid Razvozzhayev and Sergei Udaltsov were sentenced to 4.5 years in prison each.

Other defendants in the case received prison terms ranging from suspended sentences to four years. Several defendants were pardoned; one is undergoing compulsory mental treatment.