Crimea: Panov’s arrest was extended until April 9

The judge of the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea Elena Mikhalkov extended the defendant of the first case of "Ukrainian saboteurs" to Evgeny Panov for another two months - until April 9. This was reported by the Crimean human rights group.

A petition of the UFSB for the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice, Mikhail Golyshev, a former investigator of the SBU, declared the Ukrainian authorities on the wanted list for desertion, filed a petition.

As clarify “Crimea. Realities”, the hearing, including the announcement of the resolution, was held closed.

Lawyer Sergei Legostov noted that Judge Mikhalkov "ignored all the arguments of the defense to complete the investigation and the absence of real evidence from the prosecution."

On February 10, they expire for a year and a half with a Panov detention date recorded in the case file (in fact, it was stolen a few days earlier). Parts 3, 4 of Article 109 of the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure (terms of detention) do not allow the content of the arrested in the pre -trial detention center for more than a year and a half. However, part 8 of the same article provides for the exclusion from the general rule in cases where the investigation has already been completed and the accused gets acquainted with the materials or they are already sent to the prosecutor's office.

To the court to Panov from Energodar, Zaporizhzhya region, his mother Vera Kothelian arrived. She, as the Crimean Solidarity conveys , conveyed many letters and postcards for the Politzec - Crimean Tatars, written by the inhabitants of continental Ukraine.

The 40-year-old Panov worked as a driver at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Energodar. Former ATO participant; Energodar self -defense activist, member of the Executive Committee of the City Council, where he was elected by the quota of the Ugrop party.

On August 6, 2016, Panov, for an unknown purpose, went on his car to the annexed Crimea and the next night in the north of the peninsula was stolen by the FSB. In the next few days, he was subjected to brutal torture, as a result of which he testified about the preparation of sabotage in the Crimea. However, after placing in the pre-trial detention center-1 in Simferopol, Politsyk disavow these testimonies.

In the final version of the prosecution, Panov was charged with part 1 of Article 30 - paragraph “A” of part 2 of Article 281 (preparation for sabotage as part of an organized group; up to 10 years of colony), part 3 of Article 30 - Part 3 of Article 226.1 (attempt on the smuggling of weapons as part of an organized group; up to 9 years) and part 3 of Article 222 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal turnover of weapons as part of an organized group; up to 8 years).

In the same case with Panov, a 42-year-old native of Lviv, Andrei Zakhtei, who lived in Saks in the west of Crimea before arrest. He was stolen that night as Panov, and also underwent torture for several days, and after placing in a pre -trial detention center he refused the initial confession. However, at the end of June 2017, Zakhtya entered into a pre -trial agreement on cooperation with the prosecutor’s office and abandoned all four lawyers under the agreement. His business was allocated in a separate production. At the same time, it was reported that he refused to testify against Panov, saying that he was not familiar with him before his arrest.

On January 29, the case of Zakhteya was received by the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea. The hearings are scheduled for February 8, beginning at 11:30. According to the information on the court’s website, the same as Panov, part 1 of Article 30 - paragraph “A” of part 2 of Article 281 and part 3 of Article 222, and in addition, part 3 of Article 222.1 (illegal circulation of explosives as part of an organized group), Article 324 (illegal acquisition of an official document) and part 3 of Article 327 of the Russian Criminal Code (use of a knowingly false document).

In early October last year, lawyer Legostov said that Panov in a pre -trial detention center is in an information vacuum. Earlier, the lawyer noted, he sent several newspapers to his client by mail, but the FSINITS still have not handed them over to the political prisoner. Panov himself in a letter from the pre -trial detention center, which appeared on the Internet on October 2, also noted: "I am safely isolated from all information: neither a radio station, nor newspapers, not to mention the TV."