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The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest of the coordinator of the Free People party Sergei Ryzhov
Judge of the Moscow City Court Yuri Pasyunin upheld the arrest of Saratov oppositionist and coordinator of the Free People party Sergei Ryzhov, accused of preparing a terrorist attack, until April 2018. Civil activist Elena Sannikova reported this to the hotline.
OVD-InfoEarlier Sannikov that the hearing of the appellate court was held behind closed doors. She noted that only Ryzhov’s mother was allowed to attend the announcement of the decision.
transferred on December 20, 2017 to the Lefortovo Court in Moscow until April 2, 2018 from Saratov oppositionist Sergei Ryzhov.
left him in custody on November 1, 2017, in the apartment of comrade Ryzhov, where the activist himself and law enforcement officers were located. A TNT bomb and five Molotov cocktails were seized from the apartment in the presence of witnesses. Ryzhov claims that these items were not in the premises before the arrest.
They broke in . First, the activist was inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliating human dignity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code), and then it became known that he was preparing a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205, Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code).
accused suspected According to the investigation, Ryzhov was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on November 4 and 5 and was looking for accomplices for this among activists of the Artpodgotovka movement. At the end of November he was sent to the Moscow pre-trial detention center "Lefortovo".