Extension of arrest for person accused of inciting mass riots upheld

The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to extend the arrest of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov, accused of inciting riots in connection with an anonymous post after the March 26 rally. about this Writes "Kommersant".

Earlier, the Presnensky District Court extended Bogatov's arrest until August 31.

Bogatov is accused of inciting mass riots because of calls posted under the pseudonym "Ayrat Bashirov" on the SysAdmins.ru forum to go to Red Square on April 2, 2017. The calls were sent from Bogatov's IP, but Bogatov is the exit node operator of the Tor network, which means that any user could write from his IP.

After Bogatov was charged with inciting mass riots in April, the court, contrary to the requirements of the investigation, did not take him into custody. Then two more articles were added to it - on calls to carry out terrorist activities or justify terrorism using the Internet and on preparations for organizing mass riots.