“The trial has taken place. Changed (preventive measure). He will participate in the exchange, ”Rybin said.

It is specified that earlier Rybin said that Mefyodov, as well as Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov will take part in the exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia. However, he said that the date of exchange is unknown.

The lawyer also stated that on August 22 in a court of Nikolaev a meeting was planned to change the preventive measure of Mefyodov to a personal obligation so that he could go to the collection point.

The day before, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, announced the distribution of a fake on the network that, after being released on bail from a Ukrainian prison, they demanded payment for paperwork at the Russian Consulate General in Odessa.