Federal Penitentiary Service denied rumors about the detention of members of the Ukrainian battalion "Azov" in Lefortovo

“In response to your request, we inform you that the persons indicated in the request are not kept in FKU SIZO-2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (“Lefortovo”. -

),” RIA Novosti was told in the department.

Earlier, the Supreme Court of Russia postponed to August 2 the consideration of the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office on the recognition of the Ukrainian national battalion "Azov" as a terrorist organization.

Initially, the court session was supposed to take place on May 26, but was postponed to June 29.