The Moscow City Court extended the arrest of Ryzhov, a defendant in the Artpodgotovka case, for another three months.

The Moscow City Court extended the arrest of Sergei Ryzhov, prosecuted in the “5.11 revolution” case, for three months. He will spend more than a year and a half in pre-trial detention. Human rights activist Elena Sannikova announced the extension from the court.

OVD-InfoJudge Elena Pospelova sided with the investigator, who stated that “the case is complex, and not all witnesses have been interviewed” and decided to extend Ryzhov’s arrest until May 2. Lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina, representing the interests of Ryzhov, asked to transfer the accused to house arrest, but the judge, according to Sannikova, did not even consider this request.

OVD-Info At the end of October 2018, the Ryzhov court until February 2 of this year, and two months later the Moscow City Court made this decision.

extended the arrest and left it in force - Sergei Ryzhov is an activist from Saratov and coordinator of the Free People party. The man is accused of preparing a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 205 using Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code), and he has been in custody since November 2, 2017. According to investigators, he was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on November 4 and 5, 2017 and was looking for accomplices for this among activists of the Artpodgotovka movement. accused - FSB officers detained Ryzhov on November 1, 2017 in the apartment of his friend in Saratov. During the search, which the court did not authorize, a TNT bomb and five Molotov cocktails were seized from the apartment. Ryzhov claims that these items were not at home before the security forces arrived. - Vyacheslav Maltsev, the leader of the Artpodgotovka movement in Russia, stated that on November 5, 2017, a revolution should occur in the country. In connection with this, many criminal cases were opened. , what is known about the fate of the defendants in the cases at the moment. prohibited OVD-Info told