Kremlin-controlled 'Supreme Court' of Crimea prolonged the detention period for Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedeminov. The man would stay in custody at least until June 15, Krym.Realii reports.
According to Emil Kurbedinov, the lawyer, the defense will be appealing against the court's decision. He also said that the consideration of the case will begin in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in June.
On May 7, Memedeminov turned 36.
On March 22, 2018, Russian FSB officers searched the house of Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedinov in the village of Kholmovka in the Bakhchysarai district. Relatives of Nariman said that the search was conducted in a rather crude form. Not only Memedinovs' house was surrounded, but the whole street. After this, the law enforcers took Nariman to Simferopol.
In Ukraine, he is considered one of the many Crimean Tatar held by Russia forcefully as political prisoners.