The Novosibirsk Regional Court upheld the decision of the Soviet District Court of Novosibirsk on the arrest of physicist Dmitry Kolker in the case of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). It is reported by TASS.

The body of the scientist is still in Moscow, he was not given to his relatives due to the lack of Kolker's passport, which is also not given to his relatives. The Kolker family filed complaints with the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Investigative Committee to give them the documents and the body. Earlier, the scientist's son said that the family would have to transport the body to Novosibirsk from Moscow at their own expense.

Pavel Chikov said on his Telegram channel that earlier the court had pointed out the absence of medical documents preventing detention. At the same time, these documents are in the case file.

Chikov cites a dialogue in court between the investigator and Kolker:

Investigator: I ask you to choose a measure of restraint until 08/29/2022

Kolker: Do you think I will live until 08/29/2022?

Investigator: In the case file there are certificates from doctors, from which it is clear that you can participate in investigative actions, I am more than sure that you will live.

On July 3, it became known that the scientist, head of the laboratory of quantum optical technologies of the Faculty of Physics of the NSU, Dmitry Kolker, died in a pre-trial detention center, three days after his arrest. 54-year-old Kolker was detained on suspicion of treason. He was taken directly from the Novosibirsk hospital, despite the last stage of cancer, put on a plane, brought to Moscow and placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center. The scientist was accused of treason for lecturing in China. Prior to that, he refused to testify against the scientific director of the Institute of Laser Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Bagaev and the director of this institute Alexei Taychenachev, Kolker's son Maxim told The Insider.