Mathematician Dmitry Bogatov's house arrest extended

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has extended the term of house arrest for mathematician Dmitry Bogatov by one month and seven days. It is reported by Mediazona.

Thus, the judge granted the petition of the investigation in full.

Bogatov came to court wearing a T-shirt with the logo of the Tor network. During the meeting, the judge removed Bogatov's mother from the hall for laughing.

On July 24, the mathematician was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest.

Bogatov is accused of inciting mass riots because of calls to go to Red Square on April 2, 2017, which were posted by someone under the pseudonym "Ayrat Bashirov" on the SysAdmins.ru forum. 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 him - about calls to carry out terrorist activities or justify terrorism using the Internet and about preparing to organize mass riots, after which he was sent to a pre-trial detention center.