In the Moscow region, a protester against a waste incineration plant was allegedly found with grenades

In the village of Stepanshino, Moscow Region, Maxim Chernykh, a protester against the waste incineration plant, was searched. Dmitry Gudkov's press secretary Alexey Obukhov reported this to OVD-Info.

During the search, FSB officers allegedly found two grenades in a woodpile near the Chernys’ house. Gudkov noted in his Telegram channel that at that moment there were no witnesses near them. “In order to get to the woodpile, FSB officers asked the owner of the house for a shovel, he went out to get it - and then everything was found,” the politician wrote.

Chernykh told Obukhov that the law enforcement officers had a search warrant with them. According to this document, the activist is a suspect in a case of illegal arms trafficking (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code).

UPD 15:47 The grenades were seized for examination.

• Maxim Chernykh protests against the construction of a waste incineration plant in the village of Svistyagino, Voskresensky district. On February 3, he stood in a single picket near the Voskresensk administration building. Then, as Gudkov notes, it was filmed by employees of the Center for Countering Extremism.
• In Kolomna, Vyacheslav Egorov, a protester against the landfill, also became involved in a criminal case. He is charged with repeated violation of the procedure for organizing or holding rallies (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code). The court has already placed the activist under house arrest.