The co-owner of the DNS, Dmitry Alekseev, appeared for the political scientist Kinev, who stopped eating in a pre-trial detention center. 18+ The president and co-owner of the electronics store chain DNS, billionaire from the Forbes list, Dmitry Alekseev, published a post on Facebook in defense of the political scientist Alexander Kinev, who was arrested in a drug case. Alekseev called him "the most famous researcher of regional politics in Russia" who is "recognized by the entire political spectrum." The businessman recalled that Kinev, with his leg in a cast, could not use the toilet in a crowded cell and therefore stopped eating. “Well, these are certainly not our traditional values? Or is humanism now also a forbidden word? - He finished. Alekseev has openly talked about politics in the past, although this is not typical for a participant in the Forbes rating. In 2020 he opposed amendments to the constitution. In January 2021, he came to a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Vladivostok and explained to "The Bell" that when he doesn't know what to do, he listens to his conscience. A few months later, he spoke of a follow-up meeting with Navalny's former Novosibirsk chief of staff. In an interview with Bell. Club the day after the start of the war, Alekseev said that his expectations were "quite pessimistic". Kinev, an election researcher who headed the Golos movement's analytical department from 2006 to 2012, was arrested on September 25, a few days after the State Duma elections. Before his arrest, he claimed that without a large-scale "show-off" the voting percentage would have been about 40%, and the result of United Russia would not have exceeded 35%. He is accused of trying to sell drugs on a large scale, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The political scientist does not admit guilt. At the hearing of the appeal against the arrest, Kinev said that during his arrest his leg was broken in two places.

The co-owner of the DNS, Dmitry Alekseev, appeared for the political scientist Kinev, who stopped eating in a pre-trial detention center. 18+ The president and co-owner of the electronics store chain DNS, billionaire from the Forbes list, Dmitry Alekseev, published a post on Facebook in defense of the political scientist Alexander Kinev, who was arrested in a drug case. Alekseev called him "the most famous researcher of regional politics in Russia" who is "recognized by the entire political spectrum." The businessman recalled that Kinev, with his leg in a cast, could not use the toilet in a crowded cell and therefore stopped eating. “Well, these are certainly not our traditional values? Or is humanism now also a forbidden word? - He finished. Alekseev has openly talked about politics in the past, although this is not typical for a participant in the Forbes rating. In 2020 he opposed amendments to the constitution. In January 2021, he came to a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in Vladivostok and explained to "The Bell" that when he doesn't know what to do, he listens to his conscience. A few months later, he spoke of a follow-up meeting with Navalny's former Novosibirsk chief of staff. In an interview with Bell. Club the day after the start of the war, Alekseev said that his expectations were "quite pessimistic". Kinev, an election researcher who headed the Golos movement's analytical department from 2006 to 2012, was arrested on September 25, a few days after the State Duma elections. Before his arrest, he claimed that without a large-scale "show-off" the voting percentage would have been about 40%, and the result of United Russia would not have exceeded 35%. He is accused of trying to sell drugs on a large scale, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The political scientist does not admit guilt. At the hearing of the appeal against the arrest, Kinev said that during his arrest his leg was broken in two places.