“Positive estimations arrived at by the Investigative Committee are difficult to agree with, stated Timur Khutov, Head of Criminal Law Practice, BMS Law Firm.

A restriction not involving detention is rather an exception to the general rule. Detention in custody still remains the most popular restriction, and home arrest is very rare, though now the number of such cases is really on the rise”. He is confident that the issue is not about numbers, but in the repressive nature of the system responsible for creating these numbers.