Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorye Artem Samsonov, suspected of corrupting a childVLADIVOSTOK, Jan 26 Protection of the Primorye deputy Artem Samsonov, accused of molesting a child, appealed against the extension of his arrest until February 17, Elena Oleneva, press secretary of the Primorsky Regional Court, told RIA Novosti. 14 years of age.» According to investigators, the defendant at the recreation center in Vladivostok, when communicating with an 11-year-old child, «showed him an object of an intimate nature and brought him information about its purpose.» Samsonov was arrested, pleading not guilty, on January 11 he went on a hunger strike due to the fact that he was denied a polygraph test, and also because of the inability to participate in meetings of the Legislative Assembly of Primorye via video link. «The Judicial Collegium of the Primorsky Regional Court received an appeal from a lawyer Samsonov against the decision of the Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok dated January 11, 2022, by which Samsonov’s detention period was extended for one month, that is, until February 17,” Oleneva noted. a motion to dismiss the criminal case due to the absence of a crime event. The lawyers also filed an application with the Investigative Committee, in which they asked to initiate proceedings against witnesses for knowingly giving false testimony against the parliamentarian. went on a hunger strike
