The arrest period for the architect accused of breaking his shoulder straps has been extended until August 10

The Moscow City Court extended the arrest period for architect Sergei Akhmetov until August 10, 2016. Polina Nemirovskaya wrote about this on Twitter. Akhmetov is accused of using violence against a police officer, in the form of breaking his shoulder strap, during a gathering against the verdict of Alexei Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov on July 18, 2013 in Moscow on Tverskaya Street.

Akhmetov himself , who previously lived in St. Petersburg, reports that he has not been to Moscow since 2011. No data was provided confirming that he went to Moscow on July 18 or in the days preceding it.

arrest. some kind of During the trial, lawyers familiarized the court with photographs, which, according to the defense, prove that it was not Akhmetov who carried out the illegal actions. The court refused to include the photographs presented in the case. Investigator Lebedev is also in the process, despite the fact that he was previously challenged.

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Akhmetov was on November 21 after entering Russia and, according to the lawyer, was taken to a temporary detention center at the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Tverskoy district of Moscow. He was charged under the first part of Article 318 of the Criminal Code (use of non-dangerous violence against a representative of the authorities), which provides for a punishment of up to five years in prison.

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