Blame for extortion: the Russian Federation is judged by the "Troll Factory"

The former top manager of the Patriot Media Holding Ilya Gorbunov and the editor-in-chief of "Specifically. ru" Cyril Meteleva was detained in St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, two toplemen of the Media Holding of the deceased Yevgeny Prigogine are judged. Illya Gorbunov and Cyril Meltelev was detained on the anniversary of Wagner's rebellion. They are now charged with "extortion". About it reports "Fontanka".

The FSB staff detained the former top manager of the Patriot Media Holding and the editor-in-chief of "Specifically. ru" Cyril Meteleva in the case of experting at the ex-deputy director of the TV channel "St. Petersburg". According to the newspaper, Metelev and Gorbunov for a long time required money from the former CEO of TV channel Alexander Malkevich. They are charged with Art. 163 of the Criminal Code (extortion), under this article they are threatened with up to 15 years of colony.

All three are related to the founder of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogin. It was Ilya Gorbunov that during last year's "Prigogine's" rebellion he was engaged in illumination in the media. "During the" March of Justice "he was one of those who were responsible for his coverage in the media resources of Prigogine - on the positive side, of course.

After the death of Prigogine Gorbunov tried to work with" Pasha Prince " - the son of Prigogine, who got part of the assets of his father" , - the journalist Andrei Zakharov wrote. On June 23, the Petrograd District Court of St. Petersburg had to choose a measure of restraint for Elijah Gorbunov, but the meetings were postponed to protect the necessary documents. The court extended Gorbunov's detention for 72 hours. The meeting was held in closed mode at the prosecutor's office.

Ilya Gorbunov is a former employee of Komsomolskaya Pravda and RIA Novosti. In 2020, he led the so-called "troll factory" together with Telegram channels that are included in the mediastructure of Prigogine. And since 2019 he managed the Media Group "Patriot" Prigogine. He also appeared in the origins as a curator of special projections. In 1996 Kirill Mentelev became co -founder of the journal of private security enterprises "Operational Decorating".

In 2001 he was the publisher of the newspaper "Versiya in Ser". And was the editor -in -chief of the site "Specifically. ru". Oleksandr Malkevich is a member of the Public Chamber, in the past the head of the USA Really (a subsidiary of the Federal News Agency - a media that was part of the holding of Yevgeny Prigogine structures). In 2023, Malkevich was an adviser to the governor of Kherson region. He is now a special representative of the governor of St.

Petersburg, as well as participates in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg from "Edina Russia". We will remind, the rebellion of Prigogine, who was also called "turmoil" and "march on Moscow" in June 2023. On June 23, the head of PEC "Wagner" stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was hit by the rear camps of the PEC. As a result, the militants moved to Moscow, around which they began to dig trenches and cover the roads.

The Wagnerivtsi took control of Rostov-on-Don, entering the city on tanks. Then they passed the Voronezh and Lipetsk regions. At the same time six helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and one aircraft were shot. 15 servicemen were killed. On the evening of June 24, through the mediation of Alexander Lukashenko, Yevgeny Prigogin agreed with Russia's federal authorities to end the rebellion. The criminal case against him was terminated.