The court sent porn blogger Matvey Volodin, known under the nickname USSRboy, to pre-trial detention until August 4, human rights activists from the SK SOS Crisis Group report.
On May 28, the Leninsky District Court of Makhachkala arrested Volodin for 10 days under the protocol o petty hooliganism— it was compiled due to the fact that, according to the police, the blogger swore obscenely and did not react to the comments of passers-by.
After the expiration of the arrest period, Volodin was detained at the exit from the detention center in the case of on the manufacture and distribution of pornography. For about a day it was not known where he was. On June 6, human rights activists reported that the blogger was found in a temporary detention center.
At the end of May, Volodin disappeared while on vacation in Dagestan, the Guys+ project reported. Before this, he announced that he would go on a “Caucasian tour”, in which he would shoot porn videos in the North Caucasus Federal District.
The blogger told lawyer Patimat Nuradinova that he came to Dagestan at the invitation of pen pals who turned out to be operatives. According to the defender, the police beat Volodin, took his phone and forced him to “work as bait for other men.”
“Using his phone and on his behalf, the employees met Dagestani men and invited them to the apartment, where cameras were installed to film what was happening. The men were offered cognac, snacks, and sometimes money in the amount of five thousand rubles. Thus, the employees managed to film more than five people,” Nuradinova reported the words of the blogger.
Volodin openly lives with HIV. According to human rights activists, he now does not have access to the necessary medications.