On Monday, February 19, the Simferopol regional “court” of Crimea extended the detention period to Ismail Ramazanov accused of spreading extremist statements through Zello’s Internet radio. He will remain in custody until March 18, 2018. This is reported on the website of “Krym.Realii”
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The prosecution believes that because of the passport of a citizen of Ukraine, Ramazanov may abscond from the peninsula. However, according to the lawyer Aleksey Ladin, there is no evidence that Ramazanov can leave the peninsula.
In addition, the lawyer stated that the investigation violated the 10-day period for bringing charges against Ramazanov and his being in the detention center is illegal.
"I'm innocent, so I do not need to hide from the investigation, I'm not going anywhere." I live in Crimea, I live with elderly parents who need care, I'm not going to hide anywhere from the investigation, I will prove my innocence, "Ramazanov told the court,reported "Krym.Realii".
Reference: on January 23, Russian law enforcers conducted regular searches in the houses of representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people in the village Novy Mir of Simferopol district, in the city of Stary Krym and Primorskoe village of Feodosiya district. As a result, Ismail Ramazanov was detained. He was charged with propaganda of extremism: dissemination of information that incited ethnic hatred and inter-religious hatred. According to the prosecution, he allegedly spread the information via Zello Internet radio.
On January 24, the Simferopol "district court" of Crimea jailed the detained yesterday after the search Ismail Ramazanov for 30 days. During the court hearing, he could hardly stand on his feet. At the "court" Ramazanov stated that FSB officers had beaten him. The defense motions were rejected, including that one about calling an ambulance.