Political scientist Mikhail Serenko detained in Volgograd on suspicion of aiding Prigozhin

Political scientist and publicist Mikhail Serenko was detained late in the evening of June 24 in Volgograd, the publication reported.Notebookwith reference to his family. According to them, the investigator said that Mr. Serenko was detained on suspicion of complicity in the military rebellion of the private military company (PMC) Wagner.

According to Notepad, “six armed men and an investigator” broke into the apartment where Mikhail Serenko lives with his wife and daughter at about 22:00 Moscow time on June 24. They seized all electronic equipment except for personal mobile phones and two old tablets, the wife of Mr. Serenko told the publication. According to her, they were also prevented from contacting a lawyer.

“The investigator read out something allegedly that he allegedly came in connection with the criminal case on the rebellion of PMC Wagner. And allegedly Mikhail helped him,” said Mikhail Serenko’s wife in a conversation with Bloknot.

Now relatives do not know where Mikhail Serenko is. The lawyer told the publication that, according to his information, operational support was provided by the FSB. The article under which Mr. Serenko was detained is being specified.

Mikhail Serenko was a deputy of the City Duma of Voronezh, after which he headed the administration of the Traktorozavodsky district. Later he was the head of the Volgograd municipal television. A few years ago, he founded the online edition of the Island of Freedom.

On the evening of June 23, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner, began a “march of justice” to Moscow along the M-4 Don highway. situation settled on the evening of June 24th. The company’s fighters liberated objects in Rostov-on-Don and went to field camps. Yevgeny Prigozhin should go to Belarus, the criminal case against him will be closed, the participants in the rebellion will not be prosecuted, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

Olesya Pavlenko