“The Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv remanded Max Nazarov, the ex-host of the sanctioned TV channels “Nash” and “NewsOne”, to 60-day custody with the alternative of bail in the amount of 12 million hryvnias, who is suspected of justifying Russian aggression.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv remanded Max Nazarov, the ex-host of the sanctioned TV channels “Nash” and “NewsOne”, to 60-day custody with the alternative of bail in the amount of 12 million hryvnias, who is suspected of justifying Russian aggression.
Source: “Society”, Nazarov in Telegram, “Radio Liberty”
Details: During the meeting, the prosecutor asked for detention, without determining the amount of bail. Defender Serhiy Rudenko asked not to grant the prosecutor’s request for detention and insisted on a milder preventive measure.
A message in Russian appeared in the Telegram channel of Nazarov (real name Nazar Diorditsa), in which the ex-presenter, now a blogger, complains that he is being judged for the words of the guests of his broadcasts, he considers it nonsense.
At the meeting in the RS commentary, he stated that he “never betrayed Ukraine” and “worked for its benefit” during the full-scale invasion. The blogger also insists that journalists are not responsible for the words of guests on air.
When asked whether he maintains contact with Yevgeny Muraev, who is suspected of treason, Nazarov answered in the negative. He considers the court’s decision to be “unfair”.
What preceded: On the morning of January 18, the SBU searched Maks Nazarov.
The Security Service of Ukraine stated that it has collected a large-scale evidence base and received the conclusions of independent examinations, which confirm the anti-Ukrainian activities of the ex-host of the sanctioned TV channels “Nash” and NewsOne, which belonged to Viktor Medvedchuk and Yevgeny Murayev.
According to the case materials, after the start of the full-scale war, the person involved created his channel on the video hosting YouTube, where he continued to spread the narratives of the Kremlin. To do this, the blogger regularly invited pro-Russian “polite experts” to his broadcasts, a large number of whom are currently hiding in the Russian Federation.
During the interview, both the author himself and the guests of the studio repeatedly tried to justify Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, as well as the war crimes of the occupiers, in particular, missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of our country, the special service emphasizes.