In Crimea, a court extended the arrest of Alushta newspaper editor Alexei Nazimov for two months.

In Crimea, the Alushta City Court extended the arrest of Alexei Nazimov, editor of the newspaper Your Newspaper, for two months. He is accused of extortion (Article 163 of the Criminal Code) from a representative of the United Russia party. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii" with reference to the defendant's lawyer Alexei Ladin.

Ladin said that the defense is going to appeal the court's decision.

According to investigators, Nazimov extorted money from a representative of the Alushta branch of United Russia for not publishing materials critical of members of this party. He and Pavel Stepanchenko, a deputy of the Russian city council of Alushta, were detained on October 4, 2016 on suspicion of commercial bribery and mediation.

Stepanchenko is involved in the case as an accomplice. Both are in jail. Another defendant in this case, videographer Andrey Oblezov, is under house arrest.

On July 19, 2017, Nazimov was beaten by guards in court when he was getting acquainted with the case materials.

In November, Alexei Nazimov said that he had taken money from a representative of United Russia, fearing physical reprisals.