A blogger who criticized Korolev's authorities was placed under house arrest in an extortion case.
In Korolev, near Moscow, Dmitry Sviridov, the author of the Demon Channel telegram channel, was detained and placed under house arrest for allegedly extorting 800,000 rubles from the head of the city district. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. “Sviridov was detained while receiving a bribe.