Lawyer: Nikita Chirtsov, a defendant in the “Moscow case,” has disappeared from a pre-trial detention center

Nikita Chirtsov, a defendant in the “Moscow case,” has disappeared from the Butyrka pre-trial detention center, reports his lawyer Alexander Borkov.

OVD-Info It is unknown where Nikita Chirtsov may be. On December 6, the Tverskoy District Court sentenced him to a year in prison, but the deadline for filing an appeal has not yet expired, so the FSIN has no reason to send Chirtsov to the stage. At the Butyrka pre-trial detention center, the lawyer was told that Chirtsov had left their institution, but did not specify where.

sentenced Alexander Borkov clarified that he had already filed an appeal against the sentence of Nikita Chirtsov, and on December 18 the court received it. The date for the meeting has not yet been set.

The lawyer added that on December 19, Nikita Chirtsov’s grandmother did not accept the transfer, citing the absence of the prisoner. "Prisoners 212" that it is not possible to send letters.

Telegram channel reports News added at 15:04 Nikita Chirtsov was transferred to Kursk. This was reported by legal assistance coordinator Alla Frolova.

16:33 SIZO-1 - Chirtsov was detained on August 28 in Minsk and sent to Moscow because he was on the wanted list of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the case of using violence against a government official and participating in mass riots. Two days after Chirtsov returned to Russia, he was detained. because- According to the prosecution, Chirtsov used violence against a government official - he deliberately pushed a policeman in the chest with both hands at the rally on July 27 (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code). He denies his guilt, and the injured policeman said at one of the hearings that he did not feel pain, but “simply stepped back.” - In connection with the Moscow rally on July 27 for fair elections, during which the police dispersed at least 1,373 people, they were charged with mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence against government officials (Article 318 of the Criminal Code). Seven people were sentenced to various terms in this case, and another eleven are under investigation. The prosecution of five defendants in the case was stopped. detained a criminal case