Dmitry Talantov, a lawyer for journalist Ivan Safronov, was detained in Udmurtia. About this he informed on facebook. According to Talantov, he wrote this post in handcuffs until the security forces saw him.
On the detention of a lawyer writes also the human rights project “The First Department”. According to them, Talantov is in the Investigative Committee of Udmurtia. The lawyer was soon to fly to Moscow, the publication notes.
Telegram channel “Freedom to Safronov!” informsthat a criminal case has been opened against the lawyer, searches are underway. What exactly Talantov is suspected of has not yet been specified.
The Day Before Talents commented strike on a shopping center in Kremenchug, Ukraine: “Today’s horror in Kremenchug is also part of denazification? Or is it fascism? Scum your name!” Formerly lawyer called Director of the “Hermitage” Mikhail Piotrovsky a fascist and negatively spoke out about power.
In 2021, another lawyer for Safronov, Ivan Pavlov, became a defendant in the criminal case. He was accused of disclosing the secret data of his client’s case. In September, the lawyer left Russia and is now in Georgia. In March, the council of the Bar Association of St. Petersburg considered complaints from the Ministry of Justice and suspended status of lawyer Ivan Pavlov.
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Safronov, who at that time worked as an adviser to the head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin, was arrested on July 7, 2020 on charges of treason. According to the FSB, he allegedly collaborated with the Czech intelligence services and provided them in 2017 with data on the supply of weapons from Russia to African countries and information on the activities of the Russian Armed Forces in the Middle East. However, it is not known exactly what information was transmitted. Rogozin, for his part, declaredthat Safronov did not have access to classified information in Roskosmos. Safronov himself does not admit guilt.
Safronov’s defense has repeatedly noted that it is not clear from the case what exactly the journalist is accused of. In “Team 29” in March 2021 indicatedthat several months have passed since the preventive measure was chosen, but “the investigation has not presented the court with any evidence of suspicions against Ivan, or documents confirming that Ivan can hide somewhere.”
