The Presnensky District Court extended the preventive measure for the defendant in the “palace case” Konstantin Lakeev. He will remain in custody until May 23, 2021. This was reported by Open Media with reference to the press service of the court.

According to investigators, Lakeev threw snowballs at the FSB car. He is charged with hooliganism as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). The day before, the Moscow City Court left Lakeev in jail, rejecting the appeal.

TikTok blogger Konstantin Lakeev, known under the name Kostya Kievsky, was detained by FSB officers on the evening of January 26. After this, it became known that that day several young people were detained at once, making videos together on TikTok. The rest of the detainees became witnesses in the Lakeev case. On January 28 he was arrested .
In connection with the rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, which took place from January 23 to February 2, at least 90 criminal cases were opened across the country. Protest participants were accused of using violence against security forces (Article 318 of the Criminal Code), violating sanitary and epidemiological rules (Part 1 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code), involving minors in illegal activities (Part 2 of Article 151.2 of the Criminal Code), blocking roads (Article 267 CC). The totality of these cases is called the “palace case,” since one of the catalysts for the protests was the FBK investigative film “ Palace for Putin. The story of the biggest bribe ."

The person involved in the “palace case” Konstantin Lakeev’s arrest was extended