Cases against Sobchak and Yashin about the incident in the Tolbul were not closed

Investigation of cases against Ksenia Sobchak and Ilya Yashin about the incident with journalists of the Lifenews Internet portal in the capital's restaurant Tolbul continues, Rapsey reports citing News Media lawyer Tatyana Khokhlova. At the same time, the world section of the Tver district of Moscow terminated two cases of other participants in the conflict behind the reconciliation of the parties.

On the fact of the incident, the issue of initiating against Sobchak and Yashin of a criminal case under Article 272 of the Criminal Code is currently being resolved (unlawful access to computer information), the lawyer said. The article provides for the maximum punishment in the form of imprisonment for seven years. Khokhlova explained that the victims saw in the actions of Sobchak and Yashin the corpus delicti under this article, since they, according to the applicants, pulled a flash drive from the camera and destroyed it.

"The court terminated the case against Anastasia Ogneva, who was accused under Article 116 of the Criminal Code (beatings), and Kuznetsov -Krasovsky, to whom Article 167 of the Criminal Code was charged with (intentional destruction or damage to property), due to the reconciliation of the parties," the lawyer said.

On March 15, INEWS correspondents contacted the police with statements that they had destroyed expensive equipment, and also caused them bodily harm. "According to preliminary data, the camera was disabled completely in order to destroy the information available in memory. The cost of the video camera is 114 thousand 400 rubles," the press service said.

Earlier, the Ashota Gabrelyanov, Executive Director of News Media, received a letter from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, as well as statements from two employees of the holding. "According to the applicants, Ksenia Sobchak, Ilya Yashin, as well as Anastasia Ogneva, caused the beatings to one journalist, and the photojournalist was broken and the flash card was selected," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. The press service emphasized that "the beatings were recorded in the medical institution."

Commenting on what happened, Yashin said that "there were no unlawful actions." “We were in a private institution, and the waiter serving us reported that two girls at the next table were being removed. Of course, this is an intervention in private life, which is illegal,” Yashin said. According to him, at the request of the restaurant administration, "these girls wiped their notes and left the institution." “Once again, I emphasize that there were no unlawful actions on our part,” he concluded.