A lawyer from St. Petersburg was in custody because of the comment of 2022

Krasnoselsky district court of St. Petersburg sent into custody a lawyer accused of public justification of terrorism. According to the investigation, the reason for the criminal case was the comment “Honor of the nation!”, which he left under the image of persons involved in terrorist activities, in 2022.

As reported in the Joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, the man at that time had the status of a lawyer of the Bar Chamber of St. Petersburg. His legal status has been suspended. The investigation believes that no later than 13:16 on May 1, 2022, he posted under the appropriate image a comment containing a public justification of terrorism.

The defendant was detained on September 22, 2026. The next day, the court extended his detention, and then chose a preventive measure in the form of detention.

The lawyer pleads not guilty. In court, he asked to choose a milder measure - house arrest, prohibition of certain actions or bail.

The court sent the man into custody until November 4, 2026. The case is being investigated under part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Earlier, a judge in St. Petersburg sentenced a foreign agent-lawyer found guilty of violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent. The court imposed a fine of 200 thousand rubles.