Yoshkar-Ola resident sent into custody
On March 24, 2016, the city court of Yoshkar-Ola changed the measure of restraint and sent into custody a resident of Mari El, Yevgeny Pirogov, accused under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred). On March 24, 2016, the city court of Yoshkar-Ola changed the preventive measure for Yevgeny Pirogov, who is charged under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting ethnic hatred). Instead of a written undertaking not to leave, Pirogov was sent into custody.