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An anarchist detained in Irkutsk was arrested for 10 days
A court in Irkutsk arrested for 10 days the anarchist Igor Martynenko, who was detained on the morning of April 8 after a search and brought in for questioning as a witness in the case of insulting the feelings of believers. He was found guilty of an offense under Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a lawful order of a police officer). About this "Mediazona".
writes According to lawyer Viktor Grigorov, the court made a decision 15 hours after the end of the 48-hour period that the detainee can remain without charges. Grigorov also noted that Martynenko was demanded to stop participating in political events.
The case materials say that the police “offered” Martynenko to travel with them.
On April 8, searches took place in Irkutsk with the participation of a SOBR unit and employees of the Center for Combating Extremism. Nine people were detained and taken to the police, including Martynenko, his girlfriend and his mother, freelance correspondent for the Dozhd TV channel Valery Altarev, as well as several activists of the Solidarity Network initiative. Later it became known that a criminal case was opened against one of the activists, Dmitry Lytvyn, under Art. 148 of the Criminal Code (insulting the feelings of believers), the rest were interrogated as witnesses in this case.