In St. Petersburg, the accused under the article on justification of terrorism had his arrest extended

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the detention of anarchist, anti-fascist and LGBT activist Alexander Merkulov (Pezhich) until December 6. He is accused under the article on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The telegram channel of Merkulov’s support group writes about this.

According to investigators, from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019, Merkulov published posts on VKontakte under the pseudonym Aleksandr Pejic about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who detonated a bomb in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate.

On October 28, it became known that Merkulova was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to a psychiatric hospital for an examination.

The Activist was transported in early July 2020. Court on October 5, his detention in a pre-trial detention center until November 6.

sent into custody extended - On the morning of October 31, 2018, in the FSB building in Arkhangelsk, 17-year-old local resident Mikhail Zhlobitsky bombed. Three employees were injured, the young man himself died. A few minutes before the explosion, a message about the attack appeared in the telegram open chat of “Rebel Rebel”. Law enforcement officers opened a criminal case for a terrorist attack. blew up - At least 21 criminal cases of “justification of terrorism” are known, initiated in the wake of the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate: Case; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case ; case (name and surname unknown); case ; case . Evgenia Gavrilova Svetlana Prokopyeva Ivan LyubshinAlexey Shibanov Nadezhda Belova Vyacheslav Lukichev Lyudmila Stech Ekaterina Muranova Konstantin Vasilyanova Alexandra Kovalenko Galina Gorina Pavel Zlomnov Alexandra Dovydenkova Nadezhda Romasenko Alexandra Sokolov Alexandra MerkulovSergei Arbuzov Oleg Nemtsev Omsk resident Sergei Sizykh Valeria Klimenchenko