Minors who were detained after Adam Smith readings are summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee

Three minors, who were detained on November 5 after reading Adam Smith, are summoned for questioning by the Investigative Committee on November 7. Vlogger Mikhail Svetov reported this. According to Svetov, the teenagers are going to be interrogated as witnesses in a criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorist activities or public justification of terrorism using the Internet) and Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code (calls for mass riots). Yesterday, the minors were already interviewed by investigators in these cases at the Airport police department. The detainees were asked whether they were registered on social networks, whether they read “05/11/17” and were asked to name the channels of this messenger to which they were subscribed. The young people were detained when they went to lunch during a break between sections of readings of Adam Smith. Mikhail Svetov reported that another teenager received a summons.

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UPD: - In total, there were 22 detainees at the Airport police department, 20 were released after a conversation with investigators without protocols. - The Investigative Committee on October 31 opened a criminal case in connection with the planned rally of Maltsev’s supporters. On October 26, the court initiated the “Artpodgotovka” movement, led by Vyacheslav Maltsev, as an extremist movement and banned its activities in Russia. The decision has not yet entered into force, but movement activists are under pressure. Despite this, many of Maltsev’s supporters tried to hold a rally “on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, after which mass detentions intensified on 05.11.17.