House arrest for Vitaly Koshelev has been extended.

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The court left the accused of extortion, Volgograd journalist Vitaly Koshelev, under house arrest until April 30 of next year. His colleague Alexey Serov had the prohibition of certain actions extended for the same period.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in early April, the appellate court rejected the appeal of the defense of Volgograd journalist Vitaly Koshelev, accused of extortion, regarding his arrest and kept him in pre-trial detention until May 23; his colleague Alexey Serov is under house arrest. On September 30, Koshelev was released under house arrest. On October 30, the case of Koshelev and Serov was sent to court.

The Central District Court of Volgograd extended the preventive measure for Vitaly Koshelev and Alexey Serov, writes "Bloknot-Volgograd" on November 9.

Koshelev, who is under house arrest, and Serov, who is subject to a prohibition of certain actions, had their preventive measure extended until April 30, 2027.

Recall that Koshelev and Serov are accused of extorting money from the chief physician of clinic No. 28, Elena Titova. According to the investigation, they spread information that she has a private clinic in Georgia where she receives patients and demanded 1.26 million rubles from her to remove this information.