Yashin’s lawyer said that a criminal case was opened due to the assessment of events in Bucha.

Vadim Prokhorov, the lawyer of Ilya Yashin, the deputy mayor of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district, said that a criminal case was opened against his client after he made a video recording on his own account about the events in Bucha. YouTube channel, reports TASS.

“The reason for the criminal case was that on April 7, Yashin spoke live on his YouTube channel about the killing of civilians in Bucha,” the human rights activist said.

Another lawyer of the deputy, Mikhail Biryukov, said that Yashin’s apartment was searched as part of the criminal case.

“Now it’s done, Yashin and I are going to England, accompanied by law enforcement,” the lawyer said.

Previously reportedIlya Yashin became a defendant in a criminal case under the article on the dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Russian Ministry of Defense refuted He accuses Kiev of alleged crimes committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Bucha.