Rumours about Russian general Surovikin being in pre-trial detention denied

The Executive Secretary of the Public Observation Commission (POC) of Moscow Alexei Melnikov has said that Army General Sergey Surovikin is not in "Matrosskaya Tishina" and "Kremlin Central".

"This week visited SIZO-6 [pre-trial detention], SIZO-1/77, SIZO-1/99 and SIZO-4. We checked on Surovikin. There is no him," Melnikov said, according to Lenta.ru.

Melnikov doubted that the Russian general could be in any place of forced detention, as such a fact is quite difficult to hide.

Earlier, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov, answering a question about Surovikin's whereabouts, said that the general is currently resting and is not available yet.