MOSCOW, August 17 (RAPSI) – Defense for Russian opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who was  sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for participation in 2012 rallies in central Moscow, filed an appeal against the Federal Penitentiary Service which has failed to deliver him to a prison to serve sentence, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Monday.

Agranovsky said that on May 22 Razvozzhayev had been sent to a penitentiary, but that he had thus far failed to arrive.

“First, they took him to Irkutsk, then to Krasnoyarsk. Last week, he left Krasnoyarsk and is now headed to an unknown location. I’ve complained to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Federal Penitentiary Service, requesting that Razvozzhayev’s whereabouts be established, and insisted that they facilitate his arrival at the prison camp,” the lawyer noted.

Agranovsky recalled that Razvozzhayev already had the right to apply for parole, but that he was unable to do so because the penitentiary service was moving him around so much.

Over 400 people were arrested and scores injured in the Bolotnaya Square protests that turned violent in May 2012. Dozens were later charged with inciting riots and assault on law enforcement officers.

Riot organizers Razvozzhayev and Sergei Udaltsov were sentenced to 4.5 years in prison each based partly on testimony by Konstantin Lebedev, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison but released on parole.

Udaltsov is currently serving his term in the Tambov Region.

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