News 23:59 06 February 2019

The detention period for Moscow State University graduate student Azat Miftakhov, suspected of making explosives, expires today

The court in Balashikha near Moscow, which previously extended his detention for 72 hours, must consider the issue of arresting the mathematician.

The first meeting to prevent 25-year-old Azat Miftakhov took place three days ago. It was held closed to listeners and the press, justifying this by “lack of conditions.” As the TASS agency reported , the investigation insisted on an arrest, but the prosecutor's office considered that there was insufficient evidence to confirm the validity of suspicions against the graduate student. At the request of a representative of the department, the detention was extended for three days. Miftakhov himself refused to testify, but before the announcement of the decision, he told reporters that the case against him was fabricated and that he did not give any confession during the arrest. Miftakhov was detained on February 1, but the corresponding protocol was drawn up only the next day. All this time no one knew where he was. The graduate student later said that he was tortured to extract a confession. Members of the Public Monitoring Commission confirmed that he had physical injuries.

It was reported that during the searches of Azat Miftakhov, traces of explosives and anarchist literature were found. He was detained as part of a criminal case initiated after an undetonated homemade bomb was discovered in Balashikha on January 11.

The detention period for Moscow State University graduate student Azat Miftakhov, suspected of making explosives, expires today - News - Ekho Moskvy, 02/06/2019