ST. PETERSBURG. Aug 14 (Interfax) - The Supreme Court of Russia's republic of Komi dismissed on Monday an appeal against the pretrial arrest of sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky (designated as a foreign agent in Russia), who is charged with publicly justifying terrorism, the press service for the republic's courts reported on social media.
"Having heard the appeal against an order placing editor-in-chief of the Rabkor online media platform Boris Kagarlitsky, charged with publicly justifying terrorism, in custody as a pretrial restrictive measure, [...] [the Republic of Komi Supreme Court] has upheld the Syktyvkar City Court of the Republic of Komi's order of July 26, 2023," it said.
It was reported earlier that Kagarlitsky was detained on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. He was taken to Syktyvkar, where he was arrested until September 24.
Sergei Yerokhov, Kagarlitsky's lawyer, dismissed the charges as 'absurd' and argued that "in his activities, professor Kagarlitsky never supported or justified terrorism," but was only trying "to expose actual problems facing the Russian state."
Kagarlitsky is a well-known sociologist and political scientist. In May 2022, he was placed on the foreign agent register in Russia. The Institute for Globalization Studies and Social Movements that he founded has also been designated a foreign agent in Russia.