Denis Bakholdin, convicted on charges of involvement in the Right Sector, was released

Moscow activist Denis Bakholdin, sentenced to three and a half years in prison on charges of involvement in the Right Sector, was released from correctional colony No. 3 in the Smolensk region. His father reported this.

OVD-InfoBakholdin spent more than two months in the colony; most of the time he was in pre-trial detention centers in Moscow and the Bryansk region, where he was detained. Shortly before Bakholdin’s release, FSB officers promised that after his release he would not have an easy life, he would be monitored by “Big Brother” and he would not be able to leave the country. In addition, they promised the activist that they would “definitely meet him” on August 14.

came On the day when Bakholdin was supposed to be released, another Moscow activist, Ildar Dadin, was near the colony, who came to meet Bakholdin. He was taken to the police department in the Safonovsky district of the Smolensk region.

detained - Bakholdin was found guilty under the article on participation in the activities of an organization recognized as extremist in Russia (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). According to the court, in 2014, Bakholdin left for the territory of Ukraine and participated in hostilities in the Donbass as part of the Right Sector volunteer battalion. - Denis Bakholdin was detained in March 2017. The activist said that after his arrest, he was handcuffed to a radiator for 12 hours and beaten on his legs and head, demanding a confession.