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The court extended the arrest term for an RBC journalist accused of extremism
The Khamovniki Court of Moscow has extended until October 22 the detention of RBC journalist Alexander Sokolov. He is accused of participating in the activities of the organization "Army of the Will of the People", which is recognized in Russia as extremist.
Earlier, the court extended until the same date the house arrest of the main person involved in the case, Yuri Mukhin, who partially admitted his guilt on the charges.
- Alexander Sokolov, Yuri Mukhin and another defendant in the case, Valery Parfyonov, were detained at the end of July.
- The People's Will Army was declared extremist and banned in 2010. After that, it was transformed into an initiative group for holding a referendum "For Responsible Power". Members of the organization sought to hold a referendum, at which they proposed to evaluate the activities of the authorities.
- The investigation believes that the defendants in the case sought to "shatter the political situation towards instability and change the existing government in an illegal way."
- in defense of Alexander Sokolov spoke The Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation . He asked the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, to check whether the measure of restraint for the journalist was justified and whether the criminal prosecution was connected with his professional activities.