Sberbank apologized to the brother of the person involved in the Network case for restricting access to accounts

Sberbank apologized to Alexei Chernov, the brother of Andrey Chernov arrested in the Network case, for restricting access to accounts. about this . He himself told OVD-Info

An employee of the bank called Chernov and said that the incident occurred due to the mistake of another employee. As an apology, Sberbank returned to him the money for servicing the card, which he paid for the entire time of use.

On December 25, Alexey Chernov received a message from Sberbank about restricting access to accounts due to possible involvement in extremist activities or terrorism. This happened after he paid for sending a message to his brother Andrei through the FSIN-letter service.

Andrei Chernov and ten other people are defendants in the Network case (or the Penza case). They are under arrest on charges of participating in a terrorist community (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code), which allegedly prepared an armed uprising and explosions during the presidential elections and the World Cup.

The defendants in the case repeatedly stated that they were tortured with electric current and demanded to confess. The defendants complained about unreasonable placement in a punishment cell for talking during a walk or for being "banned".

So, Chernov reported about a razor blade thrown into his pocket. According to the accused, this was done by an employee of the detention center when he was escorted to the cell after a meeting with a lawyer.