Seven more criminal cases were opened against the creator of the “Police Ombudsman” public

Seven more criminal cases were opened against the creator of the public “Police Ombudsman” Vladimir Vorontsov. To date, a total of fourteen cases against Vorontsov are known. TASS writes about this with reference to lawyer Sergei Tyulenev.

“Six more criminal cases have been initiated against Vorontsov under Art. 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Insulting a representative of the authorities”) - these cases were initiated on the basis of publications on the social network “VKontakte”, and another case under Art. 242 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal production and circulation of pornographic materials or objects”). Today, the investigator familiarized us with the relevant decisions,” the news agency quotes the lawyer.

Another lawyer clarified that fourteen criminal cases are being investigated against Vorontsov: two cases under Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Extortion”), three more under Article 242 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal production and circulation of pornographic materials”), one case under Part 2 of Art. . 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Slander”), for which the statute of limitations has already expired, and eight more cases under Art. 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Insulting government officials”).

• In July, the court extended Vladimir Vorontsov’s arrest until November 6, 2020.
• On May 7,they came to Vorontsov’s apartment with a search, and the security forces entered the apartment through a window, descending from the roof on ropes. The next day, the court sent the “police ombudsman” to a pre-trial detention center under charges of extortion.
• “Police Ombudsman” was originally a VKontakte group created by Vladimir Vorontsov when he worked in the police and Center “E”, then pages appeared on other social networks. The public information about violations of the rights of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and criticism of the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is covered.