MOSCOW, March 12 (RAPSI) – The Tverskoy District Court will begin hearing a police officer assault case against a participant of the unauthorized rally held in Moscow on January 23 Alexey Milyayev on March 15, the court’s press service told RAPSI.

The man stands charged with using force against a representative of authority. He is in detention.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee published videorecords showing the defendant beating a law enforcement officer during the January 23 rally and trying to strip a helmet  from him.

Unauthorized rallies in support of Navalny were held in Moscow and other Russian cities in late January and early February.