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The parents of the person involved in the Network case were searched
The parents of Maxim Ivankin, a defendant in the Network case, were searched. This was reported by the telegram channel “#StopFSB” with reference to the parents of another defendant, Dmitry Pchelintsev. The information was confirmed in a conversation with MBH Media by lawyer Konstantin Kartashov.
According to the telegram channel, security forces are confiscating equipment, including a telephone, from Ivankin’s wife Anna Shalunkina, who is at the search site.
19:05 Telegram channel “#StopFSB” clarifies that equipment was not confiscated from Shalunkina; she is not allowed into the house where the search is taking place, since she is not registered there.
22:00 Security forces completed the search, the reasons for the search remain unknown. Ivankin’s lawyer Konstantin Kartashov said in a commentary to MBKh Media: “The search ended, some equipment of Maxim’s relatives was seized, none of Maxim’s things were seized, which is not surprising - the man has not lived there for more than three years.”
On November 19, Lawyer Konstantin Kartashov suggested that the search could have been carried out in connection with the murder case of Ekaterina Levchenko and Artem Dorofeev, reports 7x7. The publication reported the words of Maxim Ivankin and Dmitry Pchelintsev , as well as lawyers and relatives of those involved in the Network case , about versions of the involvement of some of the defendants in the case in this murder.
- A criminal case against the “terrorist community “Network” was opened in October 2017. According to the FSB, 11 young people in Penza and St. Petersburg organized the terrorist community “Network” and were planning to overthrow the government.
- In February 2020, a court in Penza sentenced seven anti-fascists to prison terms ranging from 6 to 18 years. The appeal court upheld the conviction in October. Dmitry Pchelintsev received 18 years in a maximum security colony, and Ilya Shakursky received 16 years in a maximum security colony under the article on organizing the activities of a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). Three defendants were accused of participating in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code) and attempted drug sales: Andrei Chernov received 14 years in a maximum security colony, Maxim Ivankin - 13 years in a maximum security colony, Mikhail Kulkov - 10 years in a maximum security colony . Vasily Kuksov, who received 9 years in a general regime colony, was accused of participating in a terrorist community and illegal possession of weapons. Arman Sagynbaev received 6 years in a general regime colony under the article on participation in a terrorist community.
- The defendants in the case, including Shakursky, Pchelintsev, Chernov and Sagynbaev, alleged psychological pressure, electric shock, beatings and planted weapons. Some of them retracted the confessions they gave in the first days after the arrests. OVD-Info spoke in detail about each person involved in the case.