Let us recall that the prosecution in the criminal case about the terrorist community “Network” began in the fall of 2017. According to investigators, members of the community, whose cells existed in Penza, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Belarus, were preparing terrorist attacks throughout the country in order to raise an armed rebellion. At the beginning of 2018, some of the accused (as well as at least one witness in the case) reported torture.

3 people were detained at the monument to the heroes of Plevna in Moscow. An eyewitness to the event reported this to OVD-Info. The young man stood in a single picket on Ilyinsky Gate Square in support of Konstantin Kotov, convicted under the “Dada” article, then handed the poster to the girl. They were both detained. Later their names became known: Anna Loiko, Anton Aptekar. After some time, Ekaterina Smirnitskaya was also detained.

Sergey Shcherbakov in a picket / photo: Alexander Zimbovsky In Moscow, on Red Square, two members of the trade union of the Avtodor GBU Sergey Shcherbakov and Alexei Lushechkin were detained - they took turns in a picket with an empty sheet of paper. This was announced by the OTD-Info by the Member of the Center for Protection of Labor Rights "Worker Komple" Alexander Zimbovsky. Shcherbakov and Lushechkin protested against the obstruction of their trade union activity.

The police detained 7 people on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow while they were recording a happy birthday message for Konstantin Kotov, convicted under the “Dada” article. One of the detainees, editor of “Protest MSU” Dmitry Ivanov, spoke about this. OVD-Infotelegram-channel Among those detained are one minor and two journalists from. The police did not say why they were detained - “they will explain at the station.” Now they have been brought to the police station.

The Meduza publication released a material that outlines the version of the involvement of several defendants in the “Penza” case of the “Network” in the murder of two people and drug trafficking. The story, as Meduza itself emphasizes, needs to be carefully checked. Let's leave aside the question of the timeliness and quality of journalistic investigation. In any case, the published information raises a number of complex and important issues for the society.