Grani columnist and Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov was summoned to the St. Petersburg FSB Directorate

The historian and columnist of Grani.ru, Alexander Skobov, was summoned to give explanations to the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg. about this He wrote on his Facebook page.

The interview is scheduled for January 27th. Skobov does not know what the interest of the FSB is connected with. “Since I refuse to answer the questions of the authorities, I do not consider it convenient for myself to ask them questions. The principle of equality. I adhere to the rigid old Russian code, ”the historian wrote in the comments to his post.

A day earlier, Alexander Skobov wrote that he received a call from the FSB and asked when it would be convenient for him to receive a summons.

FSB investigator A. Shpet plans to conduct a conversation with the historian. He previously appeared in the case of Pavel Zlomnov, who is accused of justifying terrorism because of poems about an explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB department.

• In 2014, Alexander Skobov was attacked , inflicting several stab wounds on him. He did not link the attack to his political activities. From 2009 to 2011, Skobov was a member of the St. Petersburg branch of Solidarity, before that a member of Yabloko. Regularly participated in the events of the "Strategy-31" in the 2000s, dedicated to the constitutional right to freedom of assembly. In Soviet times, he was a member of the Left Opposition group. In the late 70s, Skobov was placed in a psychiatric hospital for his political activities.