MOSCOW, August 2 The defense of Senator Dmitry Savelyev will appeal his arrest in the case of organizing the preparation of murder, said his lawyer Lawyer Tatyana Lupandina
«We will appeal the ruling, since it «was taken in violation of the criminal procedure code,» the agency's source said.
On Friday, Moscow's Basmanny Court remanded Senator Dmitry Savelyev, who is accused of organizing preparations for murder, in custody until October 2.
The hearing was held behind closed doors, as the investigator insisted.
Earlier it became known that the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov addressed the Federation Council with a proposal to revoke the immunity of Senator Dmitry Savelyev in connection with the establishment of his involvement in organizing the murder. The Federation Council agreed to lift Savelyev's immunity. According to the head of the Federation Council Committee on Rules, Vyacheslav Timchenko, Savelyev was asked to leave the meeting room, and on his way out he was detained by employees.
As the correspondent found out, the page dedicated to Dmitry Savelyev on the United Russia party website, which is displayed in the search engine, does not open.
According to the Investigative Committee, in August 2023, Savelyev ordered his acquaintance to kill an entrepreneur whom he disliked. Law enforcement agencies found out about this, and a staged murder was organized in order to expose the criminals. After receiving information about the alleged murder, Savelyev gave the accomplice a reward. The case was opened under Part 3 of Article 33, Part 1 of Article 30, paragraph «z» of Part 2 of Article. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of preparation for murder).
His house was searched; the senator's family was preparing for his birthday at the time of his arrest; the senator turns 56 on August 3.