MOSCOW, July 21The Presnensky Court of Moscow refused to transfer under house arrest Valeria Chekalina, a well-known blogger Lerchek, a correspondent reports from the meeting.
The investigator, asking to send the girl under house arrest, pointed out that the accused, violating the measure of restraint chosen by her before, used cellular communications and the Internet. In confirmation, he provided data from MTS with details of SMS messages, and also supported his position with the testimony of a personal chef and an inspector who oversees the blogger.
The lawyer objected. According to him, the penitentiary inspection responded to a request that it did not have information confirming the existence of violations of the bans in the last two months.
«I deny my guilt, because I didn’t personally use the Internet myself. But when I asked the inspector of the Federal Penitentiary Service whether someone could use my phone — my mother, children, assistant, they told me: yes, the main thing is not you. I don’t even take the phone in my hands, «the accused said.The investigation considered that the Chekalinas indirectly violated the ban on the use of the Internet when they gave an interview to the Empathy Manuchi YouTube channel, in which they talked about their detention and investigation. skaya-1885451159.html» data-title=»The court extended Blinovskaya's house arrest for three months»>
«My husband and I were told that this interview was agreed, that it should be given and that taxes should be paid,» the girl replied.
Two criminal cases were opened against Chekalina and her wife Artem. The first relates to tax evasion for 311 million rubles through a scheme with the illegal use of a simplified taxation system, the second concerns money laundering on an especially large scale. A week ago, the court refused to place her husband under house arrest.
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