The Moscow City Court upheld the arrest of the accused in connection with the “Maltsev revolution”

The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal to extend the arrest of Andrei Tolkachev and Yuri Kornoy, who are accused in connection with the “revolution” of Vyacheslav Maltsev. Lawyer Anastasia Samorukova, who defends Tolkachev’s interests, told OVD-Info about this.

Tolkachev, Korny and Andrei Keptya were arrested in the fall of 2017. They are accused of participating in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code) “Art preparation”. According to investigators, they planned to set fire to decorations and garbage piled near Red Square in Moscow.

Samorukova has no information about the extension of Kepti’s arrest.

• In the summer of 2018, Yuri Korny went on a hunger strike for almost two months. He demanded to be transferred from the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center to an institution that is not under the control of the FSB. The activist also sought a medical examination because he takes strong painkillers due to rheumatoid arthritis. In August, Korny was transferred to the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center hospital.
• The Artpodgotovka movement, led by Maltsev, was declared extremist on October 26, 2017. After this, supporters of the movement began to be actively persecuted .