331_2 interference 2. On 21 July 2012 the justice of the peace of the 399th Circuit of the Zamoskvoretskiy District of Moscow found the applicant guilty under Article 20.2 § 5 of the Code of Administrative Offences (“the CAO”) for a breach of the procedure for holding a public event. The court found that “the banner displayed [by the applicant] was contrary to the declared aim of the demonstration and was clearly political in nature”. The court fined the applicant 10,000 Russian roubles (RUB) (equivalent to 121 euros (EUR)). In SEMENOV v. RUSSIA JUDGMENT 2a separate judgment delivered on the same day, the same court established that the applicant had refused to comply with the police officers’ repeated orders to remove the banner and that he had physically resisted them during the arrest, in violation of Article 19.3 § 1 of the CAO (failure to comply with a lawful order of an official in connection with the exercise of his duties). The court sentenced the applicant to four days’ administrative detention. On 7 September and 3 October 2012 the Zamoskvoretskiy District Court of Moscow upheld the above judgments on appeal.