Lev Schlossberg* accused the Pskov Regional Court of not allowing him to prepare for the hearing.
Today's meeting is held with only one of the three lawyers.
Yesterday the court rejected many defense requests and did not order a new test, despite the obvious low quality of the old one. After staying in the hearing room for about half an hour, the judges refused to adjourn the meeting so that the politician could agree on a position with the lawyers before the hearing - although initially there was talk of an adjournment to a time after November 20. At the same time, even the prosecutor did not object to the postponement "for a reasonable period".
"I'm glad to see you even like this, through the monitor," Schlossberg managed to say before starting.
"Yesterday the meeting ended after 18:00. The interrogation rooms are open until 16:30. Attorney Danilov did not have the opportunity to visit me, which is a basic guarantee of human rights. Another trial was scheduled for the lawyer today. We will remind you that this is a key speech," he said. One of the lawyers went on a long-planned vacation, and the other is busy with another meeting.
Schlossberg recalled that his wife is his public defender. She also wants to speak at the debate, but she has to adjust her schedule - the woman works as a cardiologist at a regional hospital, and many patients come to see her from a distance.
Let us recall that the Moscow politician Lev Schlossberg was sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for "forgeries" and "defamation" - for a debate during which his opponent Yuri Pivobarov said the word "occupied" and for republishing the cover of the "Daily Mirror" with the consequences of the bombing in Chugbo, where it was attributed to the expert himself for the Russian attack.
- Recognized by the Russian authorities as a foreign agent, also included in Rosfinmonitoring's "terrorists and extremists" list.