Primorye: The court arrested the deputy accused of molestation

The Frunze Court in Vladivostok arrested the opposition deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the region Artem Samonov, accused of a crime "against the sexual integrity of the minor," for two months. The editorial office of Siberia. Realiy was announced by the assistant deputy Yuri Kuchin. Primorye activists are sure that Samsonov revenge for complaints and statements to the police regarding falsification in the State Duma elections.

The court chose a measure of restraint in the form of an arrest for a period of two months with the possibility of extension in relation to Artem Samsonov, Kuchin said. The decision was to be made yesterday, November 18, but during the meeting Samsonov became ill. According to lawyer Alexei Kletskin, the convoy refused to give him medicines for asthma and cardiostorniya, which Samsonov should take regularly. He was hospitalized. The court was resumed today, November 19.

Lawyer Alexei Kleskin reports that the decision on the measure of suppression of the deputy’s defense intends to challenge.

The deputies of the Duma of Vladivostok and the ZS of the region the day before gathered three dozen signatures in support of Samsonov. Also, activists and residents of Primorye brought about 20 personal guarantees for him - they are confident in his innocence and believe that Samsonov’s accusation is connected with the victory of opposition candidates in the September elections.

On the day of the detention on November 17, Samsonov announced a hunger strike in protest against "illegal detention" and "false accusations."

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• The police detained Samsonov on November 17, when he and his wife in a car of friends went to Khabarovsk. The deputy was detained by the fighters of fellow when the car stopped at the gas station. Searches were held in his apartment.
• On the same day, the Investigative Committee of the Territory announced the initiation of a criminal case on Samsonov under the article “other sexual actions using the helpless state of the victim, committed against a person who has not reached the age of fourteen.” According to investigators, the suspect, being on the territory of the recreation center in the city of Vladivostok, when communicating with an 11-year-old child, showed him an intimate object and brought him information about his purpose.
• According to the assistant and lawyer of the deputy, the persecution of Samsonov is connected with the denunciation of him by a resident of Vladivostok (Irina Safonova), who previously accused the deputy of allegedly "calling for the support of Navalny and the overthrow of power by violent means." She also stated that Samsonov in a public place allegedly showed the phalloimitator. According to the applicant, who takes place in the case as a witness, this happened in front of the minor son of her roommate.
• Samsonov denies the prosecution, claims that he is not even familiar with the minor and is ready to confirm this on the polygraph. It also requires testing the testimony of "witnesses" on the polygraph.
• Artyom Samsonov is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the region from the Communist Party of the Fifth, sixth and current, seventh, convocations. In September 2021, he participated in the elections to the State Duma, in his district he took second place. According to the results of the elections, representatives of the Communist Party (including Artem Samsonov) said the police with a statement on the falsification of the results of elections of deputies of the regional legislative assembly in one of the sites in Ussuriysk. Manipulations by one of the members of the election commission allowed the candidate from United Russia to defeat eight votes, the members of the Primorsky election commission with the right of advisory vote from the Communist Party said.

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