The Supreme Court of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on August 7 extended until November 10 the pretrial arrests of Yury Yefimov and Aleksei Dmitriyev, two members of a neo-communist group known as the Marxist Circle, who are charged with planning terrorist activities to overthrow Russia's constitutional order and with illegal possession of explosives. Last week, the court also extended the pretrial arrests until November 10 of three other members of the group -- regional lawmaker Dmitry Chuvilin, Rinat Burkeyev, and Pavel Matisov. The five men were arrested in March last year after police searched their homes. The men deny any wrongdoing. The Marxist Circle was established in 2016. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
