Rashkin upheld the measure of restraint in the case of the murder of an elk

The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal of the State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Valery Rashkin, filed as part of the investigation of a high-profile criminal case on illegal hunting

Interfax, citing the press service of the Moscow City Court, announced the rejection of the appeal of the State Duma deputy from the Communist Party Valery Rashkin, filed as part of the investigation of a high-profile criminal case on the killing of an elk.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow, by its decision of December 13, 2021, on the election of a measure of restraint against Rashkin, decided to prohibit him from visiting hunting grounds, sending and receiving correspondence, using any means of communication and the Internet, communicating with witnesses in a criminal case and other defendants in a criminal case until February 13. cases, as well as to leave the place of residence without the written permission of the investigator from 23:00 to 07:00.

Rashkin and his defense did not agree with the decision of the court and filed an appeal. The deputy stated that he intended to appeal the court’s decision “in terms of the ability to perform the duties of a State Duma deputy, the use of the Internet and telephone calls.” According to the deputy, he must participate in parliamentary sessions, and he has hundreds of letters in execution.

Having considered the appeal, the Moscow City Court recognized as lawful the choice of a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions against Rashkin, leaving the decision of the court of first instance unchanged.

On December 2, it became known that the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, opened a criminal case under the second part of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal hunting) against Valery Rashkin. Prior to that, on November 25, at a meeting, deputies of the State Duma voted to satisfy the proposal of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation on the removal of immunity from their colleague, allowing Rashkin to be held criminally and administratively liable for illegal hunting and refusing a medical examination, and also to elect a measure of restraint against him .