Overview
- Meschanaya interdistrict prosecutors approved the indictment and submitted the case to a Moscow court for a full trial.
- Ostanin is charged under Part 1 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code and subparagraph “v” of Part 2 of Article 282.
- Investigators cite a March 7 set at a club on Sadovaya-Chernogryazskaya as insulting to religious feelings.
- A March 15 performance is alleged to have included hostile remarks toward people with injuries and a threat of violence, with both sets later posted online.
- He was arrested in March, added to Rosfinmonitoring’s extremist list in June, and his lawyer says he denies guilt and reports he was beaten during detention.