Bar Association of the Leningrad region initiated disciplinary proceedings against a lawyer “Team 29” Yevgeny Smirnov. It as reminds “Interfax” protects the accused in the treason of journalist Ivan Safronov. According to the lawyer, he received notification that in respect of his disciplinary proceedings were instigated. Meeting of the qualification Commission will be held on August 31. According to Smirnov, this suggests that the chamber considered formally justified the corresponding representation of the Ministry of justice. “This does not mean that the case has already made a decision,” he explained. Earlier, the Agency said, the Control of the Ministry of justice in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Leningrad region has directed to regional bar Association submission on initiation of disciplinary proceedings against six lawyers Safronov, Dmitry Kalcheva, Daniil Nikiforov, Sergey Malyukina, Oleg Eliseev, Ivan Pavlov, and also Smirnov. The Ministry of justice for the appeals of the FSB. The result of the secret services believes that lawyers illegally refused to give a subscription about nondisclosure of the data of the preliminary investigation.
