Navalny's libel case returned for further investigation

On November 1, it became known that the Prosecutor's Office returned the criminal case of Alexei Navalny for additional investigation to eliminate the violations identified. about it writes Meduza . The politician is accused of slandering the former investigator of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the person involved in the "Magnitsky list" Pavel Karpov.

The criminal case was initiated on May 17 under part 2 and part 5 128.1 (slander) after Karpov wrote a statement to law enforcement agencies. On June 1, the politician's house was searched , during which all electronic media were seized, and on June 14 he was summoned for interrogation to the Investigative Committee. According to Navalny, nothing seized on June 1 was recognized as material evidence and was not useful to the investigation. The investigation was completed on 24 October.