The Moscow City Court recognized the legal extension of the house arrest of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov

On September 21, the Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of mathematician Dmitry Bogatov against the decision of the Presnensky District Court to extend his house arrest until October 7. It is reported by RAPSI with reference to the press service of the court. Bogatov is accused of calling for riots in Moscow.

Bogatov is accused of inciting mass riots because of the proposal to go to Red Square on April 2, 2017, which was 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. However, on July 24, the mathematician was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest.