On September 9, the Military Garrison Court of St. Petersburg extended the detention period of Viktor Filinkov and Yuli Boyarshinov, defendants in the “Network” case. This was reported in the Rupression telegram channel.

Filinkov and Boyarshinov will remain in pre-trial detention until at least December 11.

“From the case materials, it does not in any way follow that I have any involvement in the crime, and, to be honest, it is generally unclear whether a crime actually took place. It's all quite funny, actually. One could giggle at this, point a finger, quote Zadornov - if not for one “but”. If I weren't in a cage. If the judges did not indulge the whims of the security forces, if the courts were independent, then this would be funny. But while I'm here, it's not funny at all. I ask you to change the preventive measure, soften it, place me under house arrest, I undertake to be a very decent house arrest, to wear a million-dollar bracelet very carefully,” Filinkov said during his speech in court.

On September 6, the Memorial Human Rights Center recognized Viktor Filinkov and Yuli Boyarshinov as political prisoners.
Yuliy Boyarshinov and Viktor Filinkov have been in custody since January 21 and 23, 2018, respectively. In June, the military court of St. Petersburg extended their arrest for another three months - until September 11, 2019.
The defendants in the Network case talked about psychological pressure, electric shock torture and weapons that FSB officers planted on them. Some of them refused to confess and said that they gave them under torture.

Those involved in the “Network” case in St. Petersburg have their arrest extended