Further Proof on Crooked Russian Justice27 May 2022 18:06
Pavels hearing delayed today until June 17th
"Justice for Maslovsky, [27/05/2022 12:24]
Pavel Maslovsky remains in jail for another three weeks, pending the resumption of the trial. Today's session in the Basmanny District Court did not take place, it was rescheduled for June 17.
Thus, from April 26, when it became known about the replacement of the judge in the process, a whole 53 days will pass before the resumption of the process. All this time, Maslovsky, who has not committed any violent or socially dangerous crimes, has been imprisoned without any proven guilt.
Just the other day, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev publicly called on Russian judges to more actively implement the possibilities of choosing a milder measure of restraint than detention for those accused of committing non-violent crimes. This idea is supported by both human rights activists and government officials.
According to Lebedev, the courts should reduce the number of arrests, especially against those who have a permanent place of residence and do not have a criminal record. All these criteria are fully met by Pavel Maslovsky, the founder of one of the largest gold mining companies in Russia, who created 5 new mining enterprises from scratch that pay billions in taxes to the budget and employ 15 thousand Russians living in the Far East; former senator, philanthropist, constantly involved in charity work. Least of all, he looks like a malicious recidivist who should be isolated from society.
To continue the consideration of his criminal case (already protracted), it is not at all necessary to keep the accused in custody. Pavel Maslovsky has a home, there are relatives who are able to take care of him, and, in the end, there is shaky health, the improvement of which is in no way helped by being in a pre-trial detention center. Moreover, in the current conditions, one can be sure that he will not be able to hide abroad (moreover, his passport has long been confiscated by the investigation).
We hope that the court will still listen to the opinion of the Chairman of the Supreme Court and to common sense, and at the next meeting will change the preventive measure for Maslovsky to one not related to deprivation of liberty.
In the meantime, we remind you that after a long break, the consideration of the case will have to start from the very beginning due to a change in the chairman. And we will come to the debate of the parties, during which the fate of the accused will be decided, for a very long time. But we are confident that despite all these delays, the defense will be able to prove Maslovsky's innocence as soon as the consideration of his case in court resumes and he is finally released.
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