The court in St. Petersburg arrested publicist Alexander Skobov until June 1

The Kalininsky district court of St. Petersburg sent publicist, former Soviet political prisoner Alexander Skobov to pretrial detention until June 1, Mediazona reports on Thursday. The meeting was closed.

Skobov is accused of justifying terrorism because of his post about blowing up the Crimean bridge. Ego was detained late in the evening on April 2 at the home of human rights defender Yuliy Rybakov.

As “Mediazona” writes, when he found himself in a “glass aquarium” in the courtroom, Alexander Skobov immediately shouted: “Glory to Ukraine, death to the murderer of Putin. I see no point in participating in this mess, and the only reason for participating in this trial is to spit in the face of the court “.

Veronika Karahodina’s lawyer insisted that the court choose Skobova as a restraining measure that is not related to arrest. She asked to attach medical documents confirming that her client was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, hepatitis C, bronchial asthma, and glaucoma. The defense attorney also noted that Skobov’s 90-year-old mother is dependent on him.

Earlier it was reported that the decision to institute a criminal case against Alexander Skobov, a member of the opposition Forum of Free Russia, was issued by the department of the Investigative Committee in the Kalinin District of St. Petersburg. It is not known what text was the basis of the case.

Alexander Skobov is 66 years old. In March of this year, the Ministry of Justice added him to the list of “foreign agents”. Skobov supports Ukraine in the war with Russia. On March 31, in an interview with Sever.Realii, he said that he was calling for help to Russian volunteer battalions fighting on the side of Ukraine. The Russian authorities have declared the Legion “Freedom of Russia” and the “Russian Volunteer Corps” terrorist organizations.

• During the Soviet era, Skobov published the anti-government magazine “Perspektivy” in Leningrad. In the USSR, he was twice sent to forced treatment because of his participation in opposition activities. In Russia, he was published in the radical opposition publication “Grana”. He was a guest on Radio Svoboda airwaves several times before the editorial office was included in the list of so-called undesirable organizations.