A journalist was detained at the courthouse in Simferopol and soon released

Police officers in Simferopol detained journalist Zair Akadyrov, who came to court on the February 26 Case, and after almost an hour of talking about his professional activities, they released him.

“In the regional department, they asked me what I do, where I live, what and where I write, and why I do it. It was called "explanatory". They asked me to turn out my pockets, they took the things that were there, however, they later returned them. They made a copy of the passport and released him,” Akadyrov said.

According to the journalist, they wanted to take him out of the courtroom by force to the Center for Combating Extremism, threatened him.

“I was detained in the courthouse, they began to say that I allegedly illegally filmed, made notes on my phone and asked to proceed to the center for combating extremism. I was against detention. They wanted to snatch my passport from me, but I did not hand it over. After that, the police captain called the Berkut, they grabbed me by the hands and led me to the car. They warned me not to resist, otherwise they would handcuff me and send me to the basement,” the journalist says.

At a meeting of the Supreme Court in Crimea on January 15, an indictment was announced against the first deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Akhtem Chiygoz, as well as activists Mustafa Degermendzhi and Ali Asanov. The trial will continue on January 25.