Anarchist Azat Miftakhov was detained on suspicion of arson at the United Russia office

Anarchist and mathematician Azat Miftakhov is left in the isolation ward on Voikovskaya for another 48 hours. Lawyer Svetlana Sidorkina reported that her client is in the status of a suspect in the case of the arson of the United Russia office in Khovrino in 2018.

OVD-InfoMiftakhov is suspected of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code), says the lawyer. A criminal case of arson had previously been initiated under the article of vandalism (Article 214 of the Criminal Code).

Earlier in the day, Miftakhov left the temporary detention facility and was taken to the police. The defendant, Alexei Kobaidze, was also summoned there and will be interrogated on February 8.

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