Father Ivan Zhdanov was left in jail and his preventive measure was extended

Yuri Zhdanov, father of Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), was left in jail and his measure of restraint was extended for another four months. About this Ivan Zhdanov reported в Twitter.

He added that his father is still in the hospital. “The main meeting was already scheduled for July 27. But whether it will take place depends on whether he is discharged from the hospital, ”he wrote.

A week ago, Yuri Zhdanov was transported from the Arkhangelsk pre-trial detention center No. 1 to the regional prison hospital, in connection with which they were not informed. There is no connection in the hospital, newspapers are not sent there, and the FSIN-letter service does not work.

Yuri Zhdanov, 66, was arrested on March 29 on charges of abuse of office. A criminal case was opened due to the fact that he, being a member of the housing commission, recommended to the head of the Seekers settlement to allocate an apartment to a local resident under a social tenancy agreement. Later the contract was terminated, the administration returned the apartment through the court. Ivan Zhdanov noted that a year ago the check on this case did not reveal any violations, and the head of the village, by whose order the apartment was allocated, did not become a defendant in the criminal case.

In May, Yuri Zhdanov was re-qualified the article on abuse of office (part 1 of article 286 of the Criminal Code) to more serious articles on official forgery (article 292 of the Criminal Code) and fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code).

Initially, he was placed in SIZO-5 of the Rostov Region, but then he was transferred to SIZO-1 of the Arkhangelsk Region. There his health condition deteriorated.

In June, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation, the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens’ Rights and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as extremist organizations. Former FBK director Ivan Zhdanov was put on the international wanted list.