A court docket within the Ryazan area within the Ryazan area in Zentral -Russia supplied a former native information editor beneath home arrest months after the extortion of a managing director, native media, after he had responsible reported Wednesday.
Alexei Frolov, who led the Ryazan workplace of the impartial newspaper Novaya Gazeta arrest In January, along with Konstantin Smirnov, editor-in-chief of the native Outlet Ryazan Vid Sboku, and former TV reporter Natalia Smolyaninova was arrested.
The three had been accused of being blackmailed between 300,000 and 1.2 million rubles (3,800 to fifteen,000 US {dollars}) by Alexei Rogotovsky, the reigning head of the Ryazan area of the Ryazan area.
Frolov requested responsible to giant extortion in March. He sees himself in jail for seven to fifteen years when he’s convicted.
Smolyaninova was positioned beneath home arrest shortly after her detention.
On Wednesday, Ryazan’s Sovetsky District Court docket Frolov launched beneath home arrest when the investigators needed to increase his pre -judicial detention, Ryazan Vid Sboku reported. Hearken to Smirnov’s detention ought to be continued later a day.
Final week no less than 22 native journalists signed an enchantment Push The authorities present each Frolov and Smirnov beneath home arrest.
