The court extended the house arrest of the defendants in the attack on Izvestia journalists

The Ostankino District Court of Moscow extended until December 26 the house arrest of three defendants in the case of the attack on the film crew of the Izvestia News center. This was reported on July 8 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

Thus, Arsen Sharuda, Oleg Pavlyukevich and Sergey Ragozin will remain under house arrest. Oleg Koplakov, the fourth person involved in the case, had previously been ordered not to leave.

The prosecutor, justifying the petition, stated that if a milder measure of restraint was chosen, the accused could abscond or influence the judicial investigation.

Shock incident: cases have been opened on the fact of the attack on the journalist of the Izvestia News Center

The perpetrator faces imprisonment for obstructing the work of the media.

The fact that the Izvestia film crew was attacked by security guards at the training of coach Yulia Ivlieva, who calls herself a psychologist, became known on December 20, 2025. It was clarified that the attack on journalists occurred after their questions about Ivlieva's education and income.

A criminal case was opened into the attack on journalists on December 21. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, instructed Dmitry Belyaev, head of the Moscow Main Investigative Department (GSU) of the Investigative Committee of Russia, to submit a report on the progress of the criminal investigation and the circumstances established.

On December 24, the Ostankino District Court of Moscow placed the accused Arsen Sharuda and Oleg Pavlyukevich under house arrest, and also arrested Sergei Rogozin.