Primorye: The court extended the arrest for the detainee for repost in Telegram

On July 12, the district court of Vladivostok extended for two months the detention of the supporter of the opposition Alexei Navalny Dmitry Tretyakov, who was detained for repost in Telegram. He is accused of public calls for extremism.

Tretyakov is accused of a crime of moderate severity, so the defense proposed to put him under house arrest, but the Frunze district court, at the request of the investigation, extended the arrest until mid -September, transmitted Interfax from the words of his lawyer Sergei Miroshnichenko. Protection is going to appeal the court decision. The lawyer said that Tretyakov has been in a pre -trial detention center in a single chamber for four months, in bad conditions.

Miroshnichenko added that the conclusion of experts in linguistics from Nizhny Novgorod was received, which says that the text, which allegedly reposted Tretyakov, has no signs of motivation for row and enmity.

31-year-old lawyer from the Primorsky city of Spassk-Danny Dmitry Tretyakov on June 12, 2017 made a repost of journalist Arkady Babchenko from his telegram channel to open telegram group Operation Utka, where Navalny supporters discussed the results of anti-corruption rallies that took place on that day throughout the country. Babchenko described his impressions of the campaign from the action Alexei Navalny in Moscow. I will now throw off an important text ... Babchenko was not on the spot, it is basically absolutely right. ”The experts attracted by the security forces recognized this entry as an“ call to the implementation of extremist activity. ”This is the first criminal case for repost in Telegram.