The court extended the arrest of ex-editor-in-chief of Readovka Kostylev until July 19.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended the term of detention of the former editor-in-chief of Readovka Alexei Kostylev until July 19. This was announced on April 22 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

Kostylev himself stated that he had lost sight in one eye and had problems with coordination. Kostylev is accused of embezzling 1 billion rubles from the Russian Defense Ministry.

The journalist is accused of fraud on an especially large scale under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, according to which he faces up to 10 years in prison.

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Kostylev was detained on charges of fraud on February 25. The investigation requested the choice of a preventive measure for the accused in the form of detention.