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In the Leningrad region, a court refused to transfer the owner of a "protest store" accused of repeatedly "discrediting" the army to a pretrial detention facility, and left him under house arrest.

Lomonosov District Court did not take into custody Dmitry Skurikhin, the owner of a shop in the village Russian-Vysotsky.

Skurikhin is accused of repeatedly "discrediting" the army due to two photographs. In one, a man stands in front of a banner demanding an end to the "shameful special military operation." In the second, he is kneeling with a sign reading "Forgive me, Ukraine!"

During an inspection of the system unit seized during the search, the investigator discovered "files with calls to 'Free Sasha Skochilenko.'" During the search, "clothing with expressions addressed to the President of the Russian Federation was also discovered."

Entrepreneur for several years places The store's façade is covered with slogans against the government's actions and the war. Besides the store, Dmitry Skurikhin also plastered his car with slogans. For example, "I don't recognize Putin as president. Tell Putin 'No'," "Citizen Putin, don't bring Russia to Syria—don't run for president again," and "Russian society, wake up. Make your greedy state machine work for you, not for itself."

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