A Moscow court has extended the arrest of blogger Markaryan until January.

Moscow's Tagansky Court extended the arrest of blogger Arsen Markaryan, accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, by two months.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on August 25, a Moscow court arrested blogger of Armenian descent Arsen Markaryan, accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland. The blogger refused to plead guilty. On September 3, Moscow's Tagansky Court extended the blogger's arrest until November 9.

"By ruling, the Tagansky District Court of the city granted the petition of the preliminary investigation authorities to extend the detention of Arsen Ashotovich Markaryan, accused of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (rehabilitation of Nazism) 1 , for a period of two months," RIA Novosti reports, citing the press service of the courts of general jurisdiction of the city of Moscow.

Earlier, "Caucasian Knot" wrote that, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Markaryan was hiding in the trunk of a car stopped near Kubinka, Moscow Region. Investigators identified the vehicle used by Markaryan. On Mozhaisk Highway near Kubinka, the car in which Markaryan was hiding was stopped by Moscow Region traffic police officers. The prosecutor's office also investigated Markaryan's five-hour interview, in which he discussed donations to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the possibility of using drones with the Ukrainian flag.