The arrest of Ukrainian journalist Suschenko was extended until September 30

The judge of the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow Margarita Kotov extended to the Ukrainian journalist Roman Suschenko, who was arrested in Russia in the “spy” case, the term of maintenance in the pre -trial detention center for another three months, and only up to a year from the moment of detention - until September 30. This was reported by UNIAN.

Last time, the arrest of Politzek also extended Kotov (

Like all previous courts on the measure of suppression of Suschenko, the current meeting was held in closed mode. The investigator, insisting in the closure of the hearing, referred to the fact that the case had the vulture "Top Secret"; The prosecutor supported him. Lawyer Mark Feigin objected that the materials of the criminal case of a journalist in court will not be announced, so there is no reason to close the process from the public. However, the judge ignored this argument.

The consul of Ukraine in Moscow Viktor Planikov came to support the Politsek.

Before the meeting, Suschenko told the journalist UNIAN Roman Tsimbalyuk that he did not complain about the conditions of detention in the pre -trial detention center. There is a refrigerator and a TV in the cell, the Politsek said. Once a day, he continued Suschenko, he was taken for an hour for a walk in a round yard with an area of ​​4 × 2 meters, covered with a net, and there he is engaged in physical exercises. The prisoner also draws a pencil. The day before, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, meeting with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron , gave the president of France one of the paintings by Suschenko written before his arrest.

The political prisoner said about the course of the investigation that two examinations are planned now in the case. On June 16, lawyer Feigin reported that one of the examinations is psychological and psychiatric. It is supposed to be held in July.

Suschenko is 48 years old, he is the Paris correspondent of the Ukrinform agency. On September 30, 2016, the journalist arrived in Moscow in a private case and was immediately detained . The FSB charges him Article 276 of the Criminal Code (espionage), which provides for 10 to 20 years of the colony.

The Russian side did not report the detention of Suschenko either his wife or Ukrainian official structures, which grossly violating international norms. The journalist was accidentally discovered in the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center after the arrest members of the Moscow PMC.

When the human rights activists appeared, the special services stated that Suschenko is a colonel of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and detained him "during the spy campaign." According to the plot, the journalist collected secret information about the activities of the Russian army and the Russian Guard. The security forces did not report other details of the case.

In the Ukrainian GUR, the FSB information was called "another fake."

The journalist does not admit guilt.

Roman Suschenko in court as it is suppressed. April 2017: