
Specialists of the forensic center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not find evidence of the fault of the mathematician Dmitry Bogatov, accused of calling for terrorism and trying to organize riots in Moscow. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source close to the investigation.
“Investigators on the eve of introduced protection with the results of a computer-technical examination, which lasted eight months. As a result of a study by the mathematician Bogatov’s laptops and flash cards, the Ministry of Internal Affairs experts confirmed that any of the personal devices found in the Bogatov’s apartment was discovered, no illegal materials and evidence that connects him with the incriminated crimes, ”the agency’s interlocutor said.
He claims that in the near future the investigation should withdraw all the accusations from him.
This information was confirmed by the agency by the lawyer Bogatov Sarkis Darbinyan. He emphasized that the confirmation of Bogatov’s innocence “was just a matter of time, and the results of a computer-technical examination for protection are obvious.”
“It is quite sad that I had to keep a person in jail for more than three months and for another five months under house arrest, in order to find out the complete non -involvement of Bogatov to the posted posts and incriminated crimes. And this is despite the fact that he had reinforced concrete alibi, ”he said.
Dmitry Bogatov is a teacher of mathematics and activist of free software. He was detained on April 6, and later arrested, on charges of publication on a specialized forum Sysadmins.ru calls for riots for “April 2 Promotions” in Moscow. His posts qualified as calls for terrorism. On July 24, Bogatov was transferred under house arrest. Bogatov’s defense sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights. The Human Rights Center "Memorial" recognized him as political prisoner.Bogatov himself denies guilt. He explained that in his apartment was the output node of the Tor network,