The Basmanny Court in Moscow extended the arrest for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev for another three months
Press Release, 31.08.2023
Photo: Vasily Neustroyev
Today the Basmanny Court in Moscow extended the arrest for Yabloko member Vasily Neustroyev for another three months. The court hearing was conducted in camera at the request of the investigator, who stated that there were state secrets in the case file. According to the Telegram channel “Freedom to Vasily Neustroyev!”, Vasily’s lawyer Daniil Berman objected to the judge when choosing the measure of restraint in June which was open to public, the case materials had already been announced and could not become a secret. Despite this, the judge closed the process from the audience and from the press and extended the arrest of the defendants in the case until 6 December.
The public prosecutor accuses Vasily Neustroyev in organization of an extremist community, rehabilitating Nazism, spreading fake news about the army, creating an NPO infringing the rights of citizens, engaging in riots and publicly calling for activities against state security. Each of the accusations can bring from five to ten years of imprisonment.
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Posted: August 31st, 2023 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches.