Came from the roof

Previously, Alexander Pogrebov, Alexey Shirokozhukhov, Evgenia Korotkova and Anna Lepeshkina, lovers of base jumping - extreme parachute jumps, were sent under house arrest for the same case. They were unlucky to jump from a Stalinist skyscraper on the same night when “Bandera’s blasphemy” was taking place on the spire of the building. Most likely, they were not even familiar with Grigory Mustang Wanted, a Ukrainian roofer (who likes to climb on roofs) who took responsibility for the action. But the investigation is not yet ready to drop the charges against them.

As Vladimir Podrezov, told OVD-Info lawyer Vadim Lisitsyn, who represents the interests of one of the new arrested, 19-year-old , his client and Kirill Ishutin are indeed friends of the Ukrainian Mustang. Ishutin is involved in the case as a witness, and he was arrested because drugs were found on him during a search. Podrezov refuses to testify, citing Article 51 of the Constitution, does not admit guilt - the investigation considers him an accomplice to the “crime”.

According to the lawyer, roofers are completely apolitical. Their hobby is to climb higher and take pictures there in order to show their friends “how cool they are.” So, according to Lisitsyn, the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is inventing a political rationale for this act.

“Mustang” told his comrades in the roofing subculture that he wanted to climb a high-rise building and plant the flag of Ukraine there. Lisitsyn believes that there is nothing illegal in his installation. The opening of a criminal case for hanging the flag of Ukraine, rather, in itself should be qualified as inciting hatred between Russians and Ukrainians.

According to the lawyer, “Mustang” and Podrezov climbed the Stalinist high-rise building. Podrezov only made it to the 19th floor, and there he remained to wait for his comrade. He didn't know that the Mustang had not only a flag, but also paint. An examination is now being carried out against Podrezov, and the lawyer is confident that it will show that his client did not come into contact with the paint on the star.

According to Lisitsyn, the “Flag on the Star Case” differs from the “Pussy Riot Case” (these two criminal cases are increasingly being compared) at least in that the star was painted without witnesses, which excludes a violation of public order. In his opinion, “hooliganism” was added to “vandalism” in this case in order to be able to send him to a pre-trial detention center before trial.