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Folks, he is free from the initial custody, but was brought to court today, which will decide on further steps. The AP article is rambling and disappointing, l

• mariusor 2y ago
  I think accusing 4 paragraphs of factual text as rambling is a bit of a stretch.
  • nikolamus 2y ago
    Keep scrolling
• petesergeant 2y ago
  If I'm understanding the article, the headline for it is terrible, because he is still absolutely detained, just the type of detention has changed from "police custody" to "enforced court appearance", which may well put him in a different type of legal detention ... so in no way is he "freed". Also: > The Kremlin said ... 'very serious' and warned ... Do any NATO members take Kremlin warnings seriously any more? It seems clear that the Russians will already do anything they think they can get away with (cf Skripal)
• qingcharles 2y ago
  This should be top comment. This is like in the USA where police can generally hold someone for 24-48hours before actual charges are filed (it takes a minute to generate an indictment), allowing them to investigate and interrogate. Then, if an indictment is filed a judge makes a decision on pre-trial confinement until trial. In France there is a general four month limit on pre-trial confinement before it has to be heavily justified. Durov is a high flight risk (money, private jet, foreign citizenship), so the judge will have to factor that in. IF there is an indictment.