Mathematician Mikhail Verbitsky, who was detained in Armenia at the request of Russia, was nevertheless released from the country. He flew to Tel Aviv. Is it safe for anti-war Russians to travel to Yerevan?
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On June 12, mathematician and blogger Mikhail Verbitsky was detained in Armenia.
On June 12, mathematician and blogger Mikhail Verbitsky was detained in Armenia. In Russia he was put on the wanted list for “discrediting” the army and justifying terrorism (the mathematician questioned the methods of investigating the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall). Already on June 15, Verbitsky was released from custody, but, according to lawyer Vache Simonyan, they were not allowed to fly from Armenia to Israel, where Verbitsky was going. Meduza learned from Simonyan how the system of information exchange between the Russian and Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs works, and how safe it is for Russians with a public anti-war position to be in Armenia.
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