Film producer Kostomarov summoned to Investigations Committee for questioning
MOSCOW. Dec 7 (Interfax) - Film producer Pavel Kostromarov, who is a witness in the riot case in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square, has been summoned to the Investigations Committee for questioning on Monday.
"I have been summoned for questioning on the next working day," Kostomarov said on Kommersant FM radio on Friday.
Kostomarov says he has been asked to give his written promise not to disclose the details of the search of his residence, which happened on Friday.
"I was asked to give such a promise. My legal awareness is low, the investigator advised me not to disclose anything at all," Kostromarov said.
Kostomarov says he currently has no lawyer and the investigative actions took place without his lawyer present. He also declined to say if anything was seized from him during the search.
Russian NTV television station reporter Alexei Pivovarov said earlier that a search was being carried out at the apartment of Kostomarov, a co-author of the Srok (Term) Internet project about the Russian opposition.
Kostomarov himself has so far been unavailable for comment.
Kostomarov, 37, has filmed several award-winning documentaries together with Swiss movie director Antoine Cattin.
Srok, a joint project by Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguyev and Pivovarov, is dedicated to the leaders of Russia's modern-day opposition - Sergei Udaltsov, Alexei Navalny, Ksenia Sobchak, Ilya Yashin, Boris Nemtsov and Eduard Limonov.
Parts of the film have appeared on YouTube and LiveJournal since May 2012.
The Million March held on the Moscow Bolotnaya Square on May 6 led to clashes between protesters and police. The opposition accused the police of impeding the march and the rally, and the police accused the opposition of deliberate provocations. Over 400 people were detained.
Opposition leaders Navalny, Nemtsov, Udaltsov, as well as TV presenter Sobchak were questioned as witnesses. Their apartments were searched.
In the meantime, another opposition rally called the Freedom March, which is expected to have up to 50,000 participants, is scheduled to take place in Moscow on December 15. The request for authorization of the rally insist that the march end in one of Moscow's central squares.
