Udaltsov placed under house arrest

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow changed the measure of restraint to the coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov from a subscription about the no to leave for house arrest until April 6th. This was reported by Udaltsov himself on Twitter. Udaltsov is accused of the preparation case for the organization of riots united with a "swamp business".

Judge Arthur Karpov forbade Udaltsov to leave his home, to use any means of communication and the Internet, to meet someone except for the closest relatives, lawyers and police officers. The judge’s decision was met with cries "Karpov shame!" And "Freedom Udaltsov!"

The investigator, justifying the application, said that Udaltsov had a passport, does not live at the place of registration, and also quarreled with his wife. In addition, Udaltsov, taking advantage of their vast ties, can exert pressure on the investigation and witnesses. The investigator also noted that the accused violated the terms of the non -departure of the loss of departure while participating in the protests. In addition, he has a criminal record for beating the activist MGER Anna Pozdnyakova. The prosecutor briefly supported the arguments of the investigation.

The defense denied the allegation that Udaltsov did not live at home, referring to witnesses. There is no conflict in the Udaltsov family, lawyers said, Anastasia Udaltsova is now in Moscow and is ready to speak at the trial. Lawyers emphasized that Udaltsov did not miss a single interrogation. The subscription about the wizard does not cancel the right to participate in public life, the lawyer noted.

Udaltsov himself stated that since October he hadn’t spent the night at home twice. Investigators saw his passport during the search and did not withdraw it. He always responds to the telephone calls of investigators. “There is no reason to change the preventive measure in the dry balance. Probably there is a political component here,” Udaltsov said. He petitioned for the interrogation of his wife, but the judge refused to hear Udaltsov.

"I was convinced that the petition to change the preventive measure is purely political in nature. All the arguments of the UK - about the fact that my children are in Ukraine, that I have a passport and communications abroad - it was known to the investigation back in October, this did not prevent them from choosing a non -place of restraint as a measure of restraint. My social activity annoyed power. The street, that is, I will be completely cut off from public life, ”Udaltsov told the Novaya Gazeta correspondent when the judge left for a decision.

At the Basmanny Court building, increased security measures were taken. Nearby there were about a dozen police buses, units of riot police and the special forces of the Ministry of Justice. The largest courtroom could not accommodate everyone. The trying to go to the building Alexander Melnikov was detained. He was delivered to the police department and drew up a protocol under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to the police officer).

On the eve of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee, the court made a change in the court to Udaltsov a preventive measure. The grounds for this, according to the official representative of the department, Vladimir Markin, were repeated violations of non -departure subscription. Markin also argued that Udaltsov continues to perform unlawful actions, participating in protest promotions. "So, on October 27, 2012 he took part in the conduct of unauthorized procession and picket, for which he was brought to administrative responsibility. In addition, on December 15, 2012, S. Udaltsov was detained by the police during the opposition in the Ilyinsky Square of Moscow, a preventive conversation was held with him. On January 13, 2013, S. Udaltsov during the mass promotion of the opposition in Moscow, arranged All kinds of provocations called on the participants in the procession to begin unlimited protests, ”said Markin.

On Friday, Udaltsov refused to testify in the interrogation in the case of preparation of riots. After leaving the building of the SKR, Udaltsov said that it remained under the subscription about the lower leave. “During the interrogation, the investigator was interested in my means of communication,” he writes. “I used the right guaranteed by Article 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. I remain under the subscription about the defect.”

The previous interrogation of Udaltsov in the case of the preparation of riots was carried out on December 11. He was acquainted with a number of documents. Udaltsov called this interrogation a technical moment of the investigation. “Everything is still spinning around these NTV entries, which I consider fictitious and in no way confirming my guilt in some riots or preparation for riots,” he said. “It is clear that no one is going to leave me at rest.”

On October 17, the TFR announced the initiation of a criminal case based on the materials of the film "Anatomy of Protest-2". Now there are three accused: Udaltsov, the activist of the "Left Front" Leonid Razvozzhaev and an activist of the Russian socialist movement Konstantin Lebedev. He was charged under part 1 of Article 30 and Part 1 of Article 212 (preparation for mass riots). Lebedev and Razvozhaev are in jail. On January 10, the Investigative Committee united this case into one production with a "swamp business".