A St. Petersburg resident accused of burning an effigy in camouflage uniform had his term of detention in a pre-trial detention center extended

In St. Petersburg, the Vasileostrovsky District Court extended until August 5 the term of detention in a pre-trial detention center for Igor Maltsev, accused of burning a scarecrow dressed in a camouflage uniform. This is what the Apology is about.

reports The man is charged with hooliganism motivated by political and ideological hatred, committed by a group of people (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code). On March 11, he was sentenced to two months in custody. According to investigators, Maltsev and another person involved in the case, Sofya Semenova, grossly violated public order and showed clear disrespect for society “by burning an effigy in military uniform on the ice of the Malaya Neva in the area of ​​Uralskaya Street.” The man is assisted in court by Apology lawyer Dmitry Gerasimov.

concluded At one of the meetings, Maltsev said that in early March he held an artistic performance on the ice of the Neva on the occasion of Maslenitsa: a scarecrow in camouflage uniform was burned so that “everything bad would go away.” The participants did not bring any political hatred into this ritual, the defendant argued.

On March 9, Semyonova received a preventive measure: she was banned from certain actions for two months. Subsequently a girl. Both defendants were searched on March 7, after which they were placed in a temporary detention center.

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