The St. Petersburg City Court extended the arrest of former court secretary Alexander Eyvazov

The St. Petersburg City Court extended until May 21 the arrest of former court secretary Alexander Eyvazov, who spoke about massive violations in court. about it . writes Interfax

In addition, the Eyvazov case was sent to the Kalininsky District Court for consideration on the merits. The head of Team 29, Eyvazov's lawyer Ivan Pavlov, told the agency that both decisions would be appealed.

“As my client noted during the meeting, the Supreme Court could unbiasedly determine the jurisdiction of the case. Judging by what is happening around the Eyvazov case, the St. Petersburg courts will not be able to impartially consider the case. In addition, the city court, in principle, could not consider the issue of extending the preventive measure, not to mention the fact that, according to the law, Eyvazov should have been released from custody back in February, ”said the lawyer.

• Alexander Eyvazov, 23, former secretary of the Oktyabrsky District Court and member of the United Russia party, was arrested on August 24, 2017. According to investigators, he did not prepare and sign the minutes of the trial within the indicated timeframes because of his personal dislike for Judge Irina Kerro and the desire to cancel the verdict in the criminal case of attempted fraud.
• According to Eyvazov himself, he did not draw up the minutes of the court session, and therefore refused to sign it. The former secretary also noted that he was asked to sign the protocol retroactively.
• At the end of 2016, Alexander Eyvazov resigned from the Oktyabrsky District Court and sent about 80 messages to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee, the Supreme Court, the prosecutor's office and other authorities about massive violations in court. Among them, he pointed out the falsification of court records, "informal" relations between judges and prosecutors, humiliation and insults against the defendants.
• The former secretary of the court is accused of crimes of minor and medium gravity - obstruction of the administration of justice (part 3 of article 294 of the Criminal Code) and of slandering a judge (part 1 of article 298.1 of the Criminal Code). In February, Eyvazov's was extended detention beyond the maximum to eight months. According to Article 109 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (terms of detention), a preventive measure can be extended for more than six months at the preliminary investigation stage only by those accused of a serious or especially serious crime.
• On April 3, Eyvazov's case went to court.