The Moscow City Court left FBK operator Pavel Zelensky in jail

The Moscow City Court left Pavel Zelensky, an operator of the Anti-Corruption Fund, accused of inciting extremism, under arrest in a pre-trial detention center. about this on his Telegram channel . wrote Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international human rights group,

The court refused to attach 128 guarantees for Zelensky to the case. Among those who signed them, there are municipal deputies and journalists, Chikov added.

The FBK operator is accused of inciting extremist activity on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) because of two tweets. Zelenskiy wrote these messages after the self-immolation of journalist Irina Slavina in October 2020.

The search in the apartment of Zelensky and his family took place on January 15. On the same day, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow arrested him for two months.

Pavel Chikov noted that next week the investigation would have to go to court with a request to extend the arrest of the FBK operator.