The court upheld the arrest of Andrei Barshai, a defendant in the “Moscow case”

The Basmanny District Court reviewed the petition of the investigation to extend the measure of restraint for the person involved in the "Moscow" case, Andrei Barshay, until January 27, 2020. The arrest was upheld. It is reported by Mediazona.

At the second meeting in the Basmanny Court, a further preventive measure was considered. The arrest was extended until February 27, reports . Novaya Gazeta

At a meeting to review the measure of restraint, the investigator expressed the opinion that it was impossible to release Barshai from the pre-trial detention center, since he allegedly could hide, since he “corresponded with another defendant in the Moscow case, Aidar Gubaidulin, who left Russia after being transferred from the pre-trial detention center under house arrest” . At the same time, the investigator confirms the statement of correspondence with one post in the telegram channel dated November 21, 2019.

The meeting was started by judge Valentina Levashova, who was supposed to consider the appointment of a preventive measure for the period after January 27. She managed to interview Barshay, but after two calls to the hall on a landline phone, she announced a break.

When the break ended, the chairman of the court, Irina Vyrysheva, sat in her place, deciding to consider the materials of the case on appeal, which took place on January 22 in the Moscow City Court. Then the court of second instance declared illegal the placement of Barshai in the pre-trial detention center, which was scheduled at the meeting on December 5 due to a number of procedural errors - in particular, the meeting was held in the absence of the defendant. As recognized Novaya Gazeta explained, “the problem of ‘procedural vinaigrette’ was solved in this way - a situation was obtained in which a preventive measure for the future is first chosen (today’s meeting), and only then we review the choice of a preventive measure for the past period (a meeting whose decision was yesterday illegal in the Moscow City Court).

February 17. The Moscow City Court rejected two appeals against the measure of restraint of the person involved in the "Moscow case" Andrey Barshay.

He contested the arrest until 27 January and the extension of the arrest from 27 January to 27 February. Barshai participated in the meeting via video link from the Meshchansky Court, where a hearing on the merits of the case will take place today. One of the grounds for extending the arrest was the correspondence with Aidar Gubaidulin, a person involved in the Moscow case, who had left Russia. The defense listed numerous procedural violations committed in the district court and asked to choose a preventive measure not related to arrest.

• Andrey Barshay is accused of allegedly pushing a member of the National Guard in the back during a rally on July 27 (Part 1, Article 318 of the Criminal Code).
• The MAI student was detained on October 14. First, he was sent to a temporary detention center, where cellmates forced Barshay to confess, then he was placed under arrest until December 14, underwent an outpatient psychiatric examination, and was taken to the Vodnik pre-trial detention center. On December 5, the court extended Barshai's arrest in the pre-trial detention center until January 27, 2020.
• In connection with the Moscow rally on July 27 for fair elections, during the dispersal of which the police detained at least 1,373 people, a criminal case was opened under articles on mass riots (Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of violence against government officials (Article 318 of the Criminal Code).