Balzi Rossi: Moscow’s court orders the release of a person from the Russian media blacklist

• In Moscow, Balzi Rossi was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a drug trafficking ring; Russian media report that the arrest was made in connection with the aforementioned case.
• The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee provides information about the arrest, saying it was made after a gunfight in which, according to the committee, the detainee was injured; the committee says the suspect was detained.
• Verstka, using a list of Russian-language videos without dates, identified 25-year-old Mariya Chaiko as the person who could be in the documents.

In Moscow, Balzi Rossi, a Ukrainian citizen, was placed under arrest on suspicion of involvement in a drug trafficking ring, according to the Russian media, which say the arrest was made after the search found 21 grams of drugs.

The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee says the suspect was injured in the gunfight, during which he was detained. Russian media also report that the detainee might be the same person as in the materials, which show a woman with the same first and last name; the sources say the suspect was detained, and a search was conducted.

BBC material says that, according to the report, the case involves a person who was allegedly detained in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but the official list of suspects does not include her. The BBC notes that, according to the report, the person is not mentioned in the official list.

In addition, the Russian site RBC-Ukraine published a video about the Russian-language campaign Verstka says is related to the 25-year-old Mariya Chaiko (the alleged commander of the Zbroyni Sili RF unit, which, according to the report, is responsible for the “Povitria-Kosmic Forces”); Verstka says the video was posted with the same first and last name, and also with the same list of persons who published REN TV’s report, which is 112.

According to the information, in RBC-Ukraine’s materials, a photo of the 25-year-old woman is shown, identified as Mariya P., with a comment that the person was allegedly the commander of the unit. Verstka also notes that Mariya Chaiko is shown in the video without faces; the author of the material writes that it is difficult to determine the exact date of birth, and adds that the details of the phone numbers are identified as “Maria Chaiko” and “fiancé.”

In addition, RBC-Ukraine’s materials state that, according to the list of persons, the 27-year-old Danylo P. is also involved; Verstka says that Danylo Peredriy could be the same person, as well as that one of the women in the list is Mariya Chaiko, with the same last name. The authors say the person could be the same man and woman.

As RBC-Ukraine reports, Balzi Rossi in the Ukrainian case was arrested in Moscow yesterday at 1 p.m. In addition, according to the report, Russian investigators say the suspect was detained with 1 kilogram of drugs. The material says that the criminal case was opened under an article on illegal trafficking of drugs.

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