Chronicle of current events

September 4, 2012

Journalist Svetlana Reuters was called to the FSB reception in Lubyanka. Igor Savelyev, the FSB operative from Nizhny Novgorod, who talked with her, was interested in her article “Caucasian greyhounds”, published in the journal Esquire (No. 69, 2011). The Federal Security Service of Nizhny Novgorod conducts a preliminary investigation in the case of the chairman of the committee against torture by Igor Kalyapin. He is suspected of disclosing the secrets of the investigation in the case of the abduction of Chechen Islam Umarpashaev in December 2009.
September 5, 2012
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the acquittal to professor at the Children's Music School at the Moscow Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky Anatoly Ryabov, who was suspected of sexual harassment in relation to students. The case caused a great resonance in society: the professors were defended by his colleagues and students.
September 5, 2012
For interrogation in the IC of the Russian Federation, the correspondent of Gazeta.ru Alexander Artemyev was called. Investigators leading the case of riots on Bolotnaya on May 6 were interested in an interview with Artemyev with LBG-activist Alexei Kiselev, who several months ago asked for political asylum in Spain.
September 5, 2012
The Moscow City Court refused to remove the arrest from the property of the former vice president of Yukos Vasily Aleksanyan, who died in October 2011.
September 6, 2012
For interrogation in the IC of the Russian Federation, the correspondent of "Grani.ru" Julia Bashinova was called. She was also asked about Igor Kalyapin.
September 7, 2012
The Basmanny Court issued an arrest sanction until November 5, 2012, the Vyatka Observer newspaper Leonid Kovyazin. He was charged with riots in Bolotnaya on May 6. According to investigators, "Kovyazin with other persons turned on dry closets, building obstacles from them for participants in the mass event and police officers."
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