Samsonov's lawyer Natalya Kasilova said this in a comment to RIA Novosti.

“Yes, of course (we will appeal. - 

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We believe that the goals referred to by the investigation can be achieved by a softer measure of restraint, house arrest, ”said the interlocutor of the publication.

She noted that the deputy continued his hunger strike and insists on conducting a study using a polygraph by an independent specialist.

In Primorye, a court previously detained a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Artyom Samsonov, suspected of corrupting a child. 

The Investigative Committee has published a video of the interrogation of the accused.

Samsonov does not admit guilt.