The Investigative Committee of Russia reclassified the criminal case regarding the attack on lawyer Elena Ponomareva from an article on hooliganism as a crime against justice. The newspaper reports vedomosti.
Criminal proceedings were brought against 25-year-old Igor Karpov and 39-year-old Pavel Morozov under the hooliganism clause. They are now accused of threatening a person who participates in the administration of justice (part 4 of article 296 of the Criminal Code). Both could face up to 10 years in prison.
The lawsuit brought against the customer is reserved for a separate trial. The investigation believes that the instruction to Karpov and Morozov to attack Ponomarev “was given by a person who was engaged in the investigation and consideration of the criminal case No.
According to the publication, in June 2023, the client posted an anonymous advertisement on the Internet in which he offered Ponomarev 100,000 rubles in cryptocurrency for throwing green paint, and 1 million rubles for acid attack.
On July 6, at a bus stop in the capital, Ponomarev turned bright green, and the lawyer’s eyes burned. Crimes have already been committed against him; he was also threatened by sending photos of his relatives, property and pets via instant messaging programs.
The lawyer told socialbites.ca said Information was given about the reasons for the incident and whether the incident was related to the attack, which was recently soaked with green paint in Chechnya to Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina.
July 7 police officers detained Two men suspected of attacking a human rights defender. July 10, Moscow Kuntsevsky District Court arrested one of them.
previous criminal case excited Against a man who tried to set fire to Lenin’s Mausoleum.