Moscow - A defense attorney for opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev, who was recently arrested and has reportedly been escorted to the Irkutsk region to undergo investigative procedures under an armed robbery case, knows nothing about his current whereabouts.
“Neither the relatives, nor human rights activists, nor lawyers have
still been told officially where Razvozzhayev had been convoyed on
December 18. We presume he is in Irkutsk, but there is no precise
information,” Razvozzhayev’s lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky told Interfax on
Saturday.
Agranovsky said he prepared to travel to Irkutsk to provide advice to Razvozzhayev.
“We have people in Irkutsk, but I am actually prepared to fly there if need be,” he said.
Agranovsky believes Razvozzhayev’s transportation to Irkutsk was unlawful.
“First, the statute of limitations has expired, and a ruling had been
issued that Razvozzhayev had no relation to this. Second, they
transported him without even previously finding out his opinion about
the indictment,” he said.
It was reported on Friday that Razvozzhayev’s defense team had
forwarded complaints to Investigative Committee chief Alexander
Bastrykin and Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin.
Razvozzhayev has been indicted under a criminal case based on the
documentary Anatomy of Protest-2 shown on NTV television, which
suggested that Razvozzhayev and some other opposition activists had been
planning to incite mass disturbances in Russia.
On November 21, 2012, Razvozzhayev was also charged with robbery,
which supposedly had taken place in Angarsk 15 years ago, although an
investigation into it was not completed at the time.
The two criminal cases dealing with robbery and preparations for mass
disturbances against Razvozzhayev were combined into one on November
29.
An investigator said at a session at Moscow’s Basmanny Court on
December 12 that Razvozzhayev would be convoyed to Angarsk to undergo
investigative procedures on the robbery case.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on December 4
that the committee had opened another criminal case against
Razvozzhayev, this time around on charges of illegal border crossing.
