"I was placed on a plaque"

The apartment of the popular Saratov politician Vyacheslav Maltsev was searched in connection with the attack on the Moscow policeman: what does this mean?

Oppositionist Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained in Saratov. According to the supporters of the politician, he was attracted as a witness in the criminal case of an attack on a police officer in Moscow on March 26.

Representatives of the regional investigative department came to Maltsev’s apartment at about 6.00 in the morning. “I am now informed that such a raid is arranged on me,” Maltsev said on video broadcasting in Periscope. - Address: Volzhskaya, 17, apartment 4 - this is the address in Saratov. I ask everyone to help, those who live in Saratov. ” The door to the apartment was opened with a chainsaw. At this time, the wife, mother -in -law and little daughter of Maltsev were at home.

According to the “new” associate of the opposition Sergey Ryzhov, representatives of the Investigative Department presented the decision of the Basmanny Court of Moscow, issued on April 11. Maltsev and his wife Anna seized phones. Without waiting for the lawyer, the detainee was taken away.

At 11.20, video blogger was sent on a regular plane to Moscow. Before departure, he felt ill with his heart, an ambulance was called to the airport, a man was brought into the plane on a stretcher.

Saratov law enforcement agencies do not comment on what happened.

As the “new” lawyer Igor Elifkhanov told, the Saratov politician was involved as a witness in a criminal case, initiated under Article 317 of the Criminal Code “An encroachment on the life of a police officer”.

The 33-year-old ensign of the Moscow police, Yevgeny Gavrilov, takes place to the victims of the case. In an interview with Life, the policeman said that during the detention of citizens who shouted the slogans on Malaya Dmitrovka, “received a blow from the side or from the back”: “I lost consciousness, I don’t remember anything else”. In an interview with the chairman of the Presidential Council of Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, the policeman noted that the blow was “professional”: he immediately fell, although he was in a helmet and in all means of protection. The video recording of the incident was posted on the Twitter of the Russian BBC Russian journalist Andrey Soshnikova. “The man hit the riot police in flight from his feet, he lost consciousness,” the correspondent wrote. The investigation is conducted by the Main Directorate for Particularly important cases of the IC of the Russian Federation. As the press service of the department recalls, the attack on the policeman refers to crimes of special severity, the SK promises to give a “tough legal assessment”.

Recall that the ensign Yevgeny Gavrilov was already taking place as the victim in the case of riots in Bolotnaya Square. In December 2015, the Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow found the 25-year-old engineer Ivan Nepomnyans guilty of the use of violence. As the court admitted, the engineer beat two employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Gavrilov and his colleague Viktor Kolmakov. Nepomnya was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

As the new "lawyer Elifkhanov told," Maltsev interrogation about an attack on a policeman is only an occasion to conduct a search and exerting pressure. "

According to the Saratov supporters of Maltsev, simultaneously with the search at the video blogger, similar investigative actions were carried out by his 28-year-old son Roman Maltsev (the young man was a part of the Federal list of Parnas in the 2016 State Duma) and the Saratov activist Sergey Okunev. Claims to them are related to an unauthorized walk in Moscow on March 26. “The position of law enforcement agencies is still unclear to us,” said the Saratov associate of the opposition Sergey Ryzhov. “On the one hand, participation in an unauthorized action is an administrative offense, on the other hand, a search is carried out on criminal cases.”

Nadezhda Andreeva, Saratov

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In the red corner of the ring

The security forces are ready to respond with a blow to hit the opposition from the opposition from the plans of the official presidential campaign.

The risks of the current political situation continue to grow. Aleksey Navalny, a released administrative 15 days, said that the next “walk” of opposition against corruption could take place on June 12 - on the day of independence, to which state events are planned and, possibly, the “direct line” of Putin President, traditionally passing in April and postponed this year for a later time for unclear reasons.

The day after that, Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained in Saratov, whom law enforcement agencies intend to be held accountable in connection with the case of an attack on a policeman during an unauthorized action of the opposition in Moscow on March 26. The criminal prosecution of Maltsev, moreover, according to such a serious article of the Criminal Code, looks like an attempt to intercept the opposition agenda. The security forces demonstrate that they are ready to respond with a blow to the impact of the opposition from the plans of the official presidential campaign.

Both sides inflame bets, and if Navalny seems to be ready for all possible consequences, the authorities are unlikely to realize all the possible consequences of mass city protest mobilization.

Which also uses the same anti -corruption rhetoric as officials. And which, finally, takes place in the centenary of the Russian revolution.

Politics Department