Press Release, 2.09.2020

Well-known members of the Yabloko party stood surety for imprisoned journalist Ivan Safronov  accused in treason. Among those bailing for the journalist were Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov, seven deputies of regional parliaments, well-known human rights activists and heads of three municipal districts of Moscow.

The Lefortovo Court of Moscow will consider the investigators’ application to extend Safronov’s detention in custody today at 9:30 a.m. The journalist’s defence will petition for a measure of restraint not related to detention.

A complete list of Yabloko members bailing for the journalist is as follows:

Maxim Kruglov, Yevgeny Bunimovich, Sergei Mitrokhin, Daria Besedina – Moscow City Duma deputies

Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg

Lev Shlosberg, deputy of the Pskov Regional Council of Deputies

Emilia Slabunova, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Karelia

Andrei Babushkin, member of the Presidential Human Rights Council, head of the Committee “For Civil Rights”

Valery Borshchyov, Co-Chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group

Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Civic Assistance Committee

Andrei Morev, head of the Yakimanka municipal district of Moscow

Yelena Rusakova, head of the Gagarinsky municipal district

Yakov Yakubovich, head of the Tverskoy municipal district

Alexei Karnaukhov, municipal deputy of the Khamovniki municipal district, Moscow, and Director of the Yabloko’s Anti-Corruption Policy Centre

Yelena Filina, municipal deputy of the Prospect Vernadsky municipal district, Moscow

Nodari Khananashvili, municipal deputy of the Akademichesky municipal district, Moscow

Dmitry Zelenov, municipal deputy of the Yakimanka municipal district, Moscow

It should be noted that Ivan Safronov, former journalist of the newspapers Kommersant and Vedomosti,  was arrested in early July. He was accused of treason. It is still unknown what exactly it was. Yabloko considers the persecution of Safronov be politically motivated.