09 September 2022
The arrest and pre-trial detention of Russian lawyer, Dmitry Talantov, president of the Bar Association of the Republic of Udmurtia, has been condemned by the International Bar Association (IBA)
Talantov is reported to have been refused a lawyer and to being held in poor conditions. He was taken into custody in June after posting comments on Facebook criticising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He is charged with the dissemination of ‘deliberately false information’ under a recently created Russian law: Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code. IBA president Sternford Moyo said: ‘The IBA calls for the release of Dmitry Talantov and for all charges against him to be dropped. The arrest and prolonged detention of Mr Talantov is an example of the authorities in Russia disregarding the country’s constitution.’
