Materials about the torture of Pchelintsev, a defendant in the “Network” case, were sent for new consideration

The Volga District Military Court sent for retrial the materials about the torture of Dmitry Pchelintsev, a defendant in the “Network” case. Mediazona talks about this with reference to Public Verdict lawyer Eldar Luzin. With its decision, the court upheld Luzin’s complaint, which demanded that the refusal of the Investigative Committee to investigate the torture that FSB officers used on Pchelintsev to demand a confession be declared illegal.

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• In September 2018, the Penza Garrison Military Court filed a complaint from Dmitry Pchelintsev, a defendant in the “Network” case, about the refusal of the Investigative Committee to initiate a case of torture. rejected - According to investigators, “Network” is a terrorist organization, which allegedly has cells in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza and Belarus. In total, 11 anarchists and anti-fascists from St. Petersburg and Penza are involved in the case. The FSB believes that community members were preparing terrorist attacks in Russia in order to raise an armed rebellion.
• Those accused in the Network case, including Dmitry Pchelintsev, spoke about psychological pressure, electric shock torture and weapons that FSB officers planted on them. Some of them confessed and gave them under torture. refused reported