Former military man Timofey Rudenko was arrested for the eighth time in an hour

The Ostankino District Court of Moscow arrested ex-serviceman Timofey Rudenko for the eighth time in an hour. He is accused of petty hooliganism. It is not specified what exactly it consisted of. Rudenko does not know what he is actually being persecuted for.

Timofey Rudenko served as a military psychologist, but a few years ago he retired from the army. After the start of the war in Ukraine, he condemned it in posts and comments on social networks.

Rudenko was detained for the first time in May 2022. According to him, the police wanted him to confess to planning a terrorist attack and sign a confession. When he refused, a protocol was drawn up on him for petty hooliganism and disobedience to police officers, and he was arrested for 10 days. Since then, the same situation has been repeated for the eighth time with administrative arrests for 10-15 days. Rudenko was detained several times immediately after leaving the detention center where he had served his previous arrest.

Rudenko reported that he was beaten, electrocuted and threatened with rape in the special receivers.

Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer of the First Department, commenting on Rudenko’s story, suggested that a criminal case was being “collected” against him. “It is not yet known what exactly, but it is quite obvious that they are now engaged in gathering information that will allow us to open a case. Maybe it will be connected with his profession, with correspondence, and with anything. Only he can know the details. I am sure, that operatives came to him with questions from which one can guess in which direction they are digging,” said Smirnov.