Maltsev’s supporter Politikov’s arrest in the “March 26 case” was extended
The Basmanny District Court extended for two months, until October 11, the arrest of Alexei Politikov, a supporter of Vyacheslav Maltsev, accused of attacking a police officer at the rally on March 26. Polina Nemirovskaya, a member of the human rights movement of Open Russia, reported this to Madison with reference to lawyer Sergei Badamshin. Politikov was detained on June 10 along with Maltsev and several other oppositionists after a search in a house in Lokhino near Moscow.