Case of Protasov in Novocheboksarsk

Lieutenant Colonel Aleksey Mukhin, senior investigator for especially important cases of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia in the Chuvash Republic, issues a search warrant in the home of Alexander Protasov. The search is part of the criminal case against Yuriy Yuskov.

A search is being conducted in the apartment of Alexander Protasov. He is then questioned as a witness. One of the law enforcement officers uses foul language, but after the remarks of the residents of the apartment, he stops being rude.

Lieutenant Colonel of Justice E. P. Ivanov, Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia for the Chuvash Republic, separates the materials of the criminal case against unidentified persons into a separate proceeding from the case of Yuri Yuskov.

Senior investigator for especially important cases Mukhin initiates a criminal case against Aleksandr Protasov on suspicion of participation in the activities of an extremist organization.

Investigator Mukhin attracts Aleksandr Protasov as an accused and chooses a measure of restraint for him in the form of a recognizance not to leave. A few days earlier, the believer was included in the list of extremists of Rosfinmonitoring.

Aleksandr Protasov is being interrogated as accused of organizing the activities of an extremist organization.

The case goes to the Novocheboksarsk City Court and is assigned to Judge Aleksey Sychev.

The first court hearing in the case of Aleksandr Protasov is being held behind closed doors and lasts more than 2 hours. More than 60 people come to the courthouse to support the believer.

40 people come to support Aleksandr. The scheduled court hearing is canceled due to the transfer of Judge Sychev to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia. The case is transferred to Judge Dmitry Efimov, the trial will begin anew.