The court in St. Petersburg extended the detention of blogger Yegor Stashkin, who collected funds for an apartment for his grandmother who survived the siege.
The district court in Koivishevski ordered to extend his detention for an additional 72 hours. The next meeting is scheduled for November 17.
According to the investigators, Stashkin announced the collection of 6.2 million rubles for housing for his 92-year-old grandmother, but hid from the subscribers that he was her granddaughter. At the same time, the pensioner lived in a comfortable apartment and did not need new housing.
More than 754 thousand rubles were transferred to the blogger's account. The investigation believes that he meant to embezzle money.
Stashkin admitted partial guilt. The investigation insists on detention in a pre-trial detention center, and the defense requests to send him to house arrest.
Photo: Joint Press Service of the Courts of St. Petersburg.