In Saratov, the court arrested a supporter of Maltsev, suspected of preparing a terrorist attack

In Saratov, the Frunzensky District Court arrested Sergei Ryzhov, an activist of the Artpodgotovka movement banned in Russia, for two months on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30, Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code), reports the Svobodnye Novosti agency.

During the meeting, an investigator from the regional FSB petitioned for the activist to be taken into custody because he might illegally leave Russia. In support, the investigator provided the court with a transcript of Ryzhov’s telephone conversations, which was added to the case file but not made public.

The FSB representative also announced the version of the investigation, according to which Ryzhov planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Saratov on November 4 and 5 - an explosion and arson - and was looking for accomplices for this among supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev. In addition, the judge read out reports from FSB operatives, according to which Ryzhov is the leader of the unregistered “Party of Free People,” which planned to seize the government building of the Saratov region, Teatralnaya Square and the post office in early November.

The fact that Ryzhov was detained became known on November 2. Lawyer Igor Elifkhanov said that on the morning of November 1, security forces broke into the apartment of a friend of the activist, where Ryzhov had been staying for the last few days. During the search, 200 grams of TNT and five Molotov cocktails were seized from the apartment in the presence of witnesses. Ryzhov himself claims that the explosives were planted on him.