The court refused to select a preventive measure for one of the defendants in the case of “mass riots”

The judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, Irina Vyrysheva, refused to consider the petition of the investigation for the detention of television director Dmitry Vasiliev. This was reported by the lawyer from OVD-Info, Tatiana Prilipko, who defends Vasiliev.

The man is a suspect in a criminal case of "mass riots." The court returned the petition to the investigator to select a preventive measure due to the fact that Vasiliev was not brought to court. The television director is in intensive care. According to Prilipko, doctors assess Vasiliev's condition as serious.

“According to the law, his (Vasiliev – OVD-Info) presence is mandatory. Of course, the court had the opportunity to postpone for 72 hours, but he wisely made the Solomon decision to return it to the investigator, ”Tatiana Prilipko commented on the decision of the court.

19:15 The Investigative Committee stated that Vasiliev was discharged from the hospital, but this is not true. This was reported to OVD-Info by lawyer Tatiana Prilipko Vasilyeva.

Vasilyev from intensive care and was transferred to a ward in the fifth building of the hospital, that is, a temporary detention facility. Zinurov suggested According to Mediazona, that Vasilyev would be kept there until 48 hours had passed from the moment of detention, that is, until 00:50. The further actions of the investigators are unclear.

Lawyer Prilipko also told OVD-Info that Vasiliev's hands were handcuffed to the bed in intensive care.

• Vasilyev was detained and placed in a temporary detention facility on 9 August. Despite the fact that the television director has diabetes, he was not allowed to take insulin and a glucometer into the camera. On the afternoon of August 10, the investigator told lawyer Tatyana Prilipko that Vasiliev was urgently hospitalized due to high blood sugar.
• Vasiliev is already the thirteenth of the defendants in the criminal case known by name. The remaining twelve people have already been charged with participating in mass riots allegedly taking place during the crackdown on a rally for fair elections on July 27 in Moscow (some also with violence against government officials). All of them were taken into custody by a court order.
• by the Investigative Committee on The criminal case under parts 1, 2, 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code was initiated July 30 in connection with the July 27 rally in support of independent candidates in the elections to the Moscow City Duma. The investigation believes that the protesters "paralyzed the traffic on the Garden Ring in Moscow, and also committed other illegal actions."