The court rejected an appeal to extend the house arrest of a Krasnoyarsk businessman who is now in a pre-trial detention center

The Krasnoyarsk Regional Court rejected an appeal against house arrest to businessman Anatoly Bykov, who is currently in jail. This was reported by the press service of the court.

On December 3, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court extended Bykov's house arrest until January 4, 2021. At the same time, in October he was sent into custody in a pre-trial detention center. The lawyers appealed against house arrest, because "the decision to apply a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest has not actually entered into force and is not being enforced, and there is no point in its further extension." The Regional Court denied this.

On December 30, the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court, in an appeal against placement in a pre-trial detention center on December 30, reduced Bykov's detention, TASS reports citing lawyer Alexei Prokhorov.

The term of detention in the pre-trial detention center was reduced by three days, that is, until February 21, 2021.

• Businessman Anatoly Bykov is charged with leading a criminal community (part 1 of article 210 of the Criminal Code) and organizing contract killings (clause “h” of part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code with the application of part 3 of article 33 of the Criminal Code) in 2005. In addition, Bykov is accused under the article on organizing the murder of two people in 1994 (clauses “h”, “n” of article 102 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR). In November, it became known about another article - about non-payment of taxes (part 2 of article 198 of the Criminal Code).
• "Taiga. Info" published a material with statements about the political motives for the persecution of Bykov by the security forces. In particular, the publication reports that the businessman from 2007 to 2016 was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and in 2020 he planned to nominate his candidacy again, but at the federal level