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The Supreme Court requested materials on the arrest of a defendant in the “New Greatness” case
The Supreme Court requested materials on the arrest of Anna Pavlikova, a defendant in the “New Greatness” case. This was reported by Mediazona with reference to lawyer Olga Karlova, who represents Pavlikova’s interests in court.
“The Supreme Court judge requested Ani’s arrest file for review. We hope that the case will be referred to the Supreme Court panel for hearing. This gives us a huge chance that the preventive measure will be changed,” Karlova told the publication.
The lawyer also noted that the court made this decision after a complaint from the defense of Pavlikova and her father. According to Karlova, assistance was provided by Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova.
As Karlova explained, if the Supreme Court transfers the case to the collegium, a court hearing will take place. Based on its results, the lower court's decision on arrest will either remain in force, or will be changed, or canceled and a new one issued. “At a minimum, we hope for house arrest,” Karlova added.
On July 26, the Moscow City Court approved Pavlikova’s arrest and reduced her detention until August 13: earlier, the Dorogomilovsky District Court extended the girl’s arrest until September 13.
On August 31, it became known that lawyer Henry Reznik had agreed to join Pavlikova’s case.
- In the case of New Greatness, an organization created, judging by the case materials, by infiltrated employees, there are ten defendants. Six of them are in pre-trial detention center, four are under house arrest.
- All ten people are accused of organizing the activities of an extremist community (Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Moreover, the accusation is based on the testimony of three men who were not arrested. One of them said that he was introduced into the group on assignment. The interrogation protocols of these people were almost completely removed from the case materials. One of the three wrote the organization's charter, collected money, and rented meeting rooms. None of them were arrested.