Kuban farmer Petrov released under house arrest

The Kavkaz District Court has granted the petition of the prosecutor's office to release Oleg Petrov, an activist of the "Polite Farmers" movement, from custody, said Alexei Volchenko, the leader of the movement.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 28 Oleg Petrov's field camp in the village of Kazanskaya, Krasnodar Territory, was to become the starting point of the "tractor march" to Moscow, by which the Kuban (Krasnodar) farmers wanted to draw attention to the problems of raiders' land captures in the Territory. After the march was disrupted, the Petrov's house was searched, and he himself was detained, and then arrested.

Today, the Kavkaz District Court of the Krasnodar Territory has granted the motion of the Territorial Prosecutor's Office to change the freedom restraint measure of Oleg Petrov, an activist of the "Polite Farmers" movement, from custody to house arrest, the leader of the movement Alexei Volchenko told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"Oleg is already at home with his family and started working at his farm, which got to the brink of bankruptcy, while he was under arrest," said Mr Volchenko.

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