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The court returned the case against the management of Flirt magazine to the prosecutor's office
The Babushkinsky District Court of Moscow returned to the prosecutor's office to eliminate violations the criminal case against the leaders of the Flirt magazine, accused of organizing prostitution.
The court pointed out that the defendants — publisher Dmitry Zyablitsev and editor-in-chief Stanislava Kazakova — were charged with the same actions, but the charges were brought under different articles of the Criminal Code.
The judge also noted that Zyablitsev was accused of organizing prostitution using his official position, but the indictment did not say what powers he used to commit the crime.
“The accusation is contradictory,” RIA Novosti quotes the judge.
According to the judge, the indictment was drawn up with violations and has contradictions. […] The address of the crime imputed to him, the judge said, is not within the jurisdiction of the Babushkinsky Court of Moscow. Regarding the measure of restraint, the court ruled to extend it for a month from the moment the materials were returned to the investigation.
- The Flirt magazine printed advertisements for intimate services and was distributed free of charge on the streets of Moscow. The authorities repeatedly tried to close the magazine and ban its distribution, but the publication continued to appear.
- In July 2015, the police detained about 40 people on suspicion of organizing prostitution, including Stanislav Kazakova, editor-in-chief of the Flirt magazine, and her common-law husband Dmitry Zyablitsev, the magazine's publisher. Subsequently, Zyablitsev was arrested, and Kazakova was released on bail. The criminal case against other defendants was separated into a separate proceeding.
- According to the prosecution, the owners of the brothels paid Zyablitsev and Kazakova for publishing information about them in the Flirt magazine. Zyablitsev also allegedly hired dispatchers who answered calls to the numbers listed in the magazine and reported the location of brothels.
- Kazakova was charged with the article “organization of prostitution” (part 1 of article 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Zyablitsev is accused of the same crime committed using his official position (part 2 of article 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), TASS reports . The trial began on June 9, 2016. guilty The defendants pleaded not .