The Tver court extended the arrest of Konstantin Saltykov, accused of violence against a policeman

Judge of the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow Aleksey Krivoruchko extended until January 12, 2019 the arrest of Konstantin Saltykov, accused of violence against a policeman (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) during the “Voter Strike” rally. about this on Twitter . writes Nikolai Lyaskin, an employee of the Anti-Corruption Foundation,

He also said that Saltykov was not brought to court - at the meeting they said that quarantine was announced in the pre-trial detention center, where the accused is located, due to the measles epidemic until August 7. Saltykov's presence was not organized via video link.

Lyaskin added that the meeting was postponed until August 13.

MBKh Media notes that the human rights lawyers of Open Russia Sergey Badamshin and Anri Tsiskarishvili insisted on transferring the activist to house arrest, drawing attention to his chronic illnesses and seriously ill grandmother.

On July 4, police officer Alexander Makhonin filed a lawsuit against the arrested activist demanding 50,000 rubles to be reimbursed for “moral damage, physical pain and bodily harm” that Saltykov allegedly inflicted on him during his detention.

• 20-year-old supporter of Alexei Navalny Konstantin Saltykov was detained on January 28. According to investigators, during the rally he grabbed police officer Golovkov by the uniform, hit him on the thigh and tore off his pocket. Saltykov then allegedly punched police officer Makhonin in the face and at least twice in the back.
• By these actions, according to the investigation, the young man “deliberately created an obstacle to escort Navalny to the official bus,” and also caused moral harm to the police, physical pain and bruises (bruises).
• The criminal case against the activist was opened on 7 February. The human rights organization of Open Russia writes that the case file contains a report by police officer Kuznetsov, who said that Navalny kicked him during the arrest. Kuznetsov claimed that this "caused severe physical pain", and in response he used force on Navalny.