Politician Leonid Gozman was arrested for 15 days because of a post on Facebook

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow arrested politician Leonid Gozman for 15 days. About this Sotavision.

reports Gozman was found guilty under the article on identifying the actions of the USSR and Nazi Germany (Part 1 of Article 13.48 of the Administrative Code) because of a post on Facebook. “Hitler is an absolute evil, but Stalin is even worse. The SS were criminals, but the NKVD was even worse, because the security officers killed their own. Hitler started a war with humanity. The communists declared total war on their own people,” the publication said.

Politics On August 29, law enforcement officers met him at the exit from the hospital. He spent the night in the police department awaiting trial.

detained The Moscow City Court upheld the decision to arrest politician Leonid Gozman for 15 days. About this with reference to lawyer Mikhail Biryukov SOTA.

On August 31, Biryukov wrote that he emphasized that his client has chronic cholelithiasis, so he cannot be kept in a special detention center according to the law. The lawyer called the court's decision politically motivated.

• Leonid Gozman is a Russian public and political figure. Since 2014, he has systematically opposed the actions of the Russian authorities towards Ukraine. In May, the Ministry of Justice added to the register of media outlets as “foreign agents.” introduced - In April, a criminal case was filed against Leonid Gozman due to untimely notification of the migration service about second citizenship (Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code). According to security officials, he did not inform government agencies in time about receiving Israeli citizenship in 2018. Later the same article to his wife. charged ​