Lieutenant of Justice Y. V. Prokopov, an investigator of the investigative unit for the investigation of organized criminal activities of the Investigative Directorate of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Samara, initiates a case against Samvel Babayan, accusing him of organizing the activities of an extremist organization.
Early in the morning, law enforcement officers burst into Samvel Babayan's apartment. The security forces put the owner of the apartment and his 17-year-old son on the floor and read out the search warrant. During the 6-hour search, the investigator, three operational officers, two IT specialists and three special forces soldiers seized a laptop, mobile phones, flash drives, a hard drive and bank cards.
The whole family is taken for interrogation to the local department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then the investigator detains Samvel Babayan and sends him to the temporary detention facility.
Judge of the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Samara Irina Velmina chooses a measure of restraint for Samvel Babayan in the form of detention.