# Court orders arrest in absentia of blogger Dud over interview with extremist leader

https://mins.news/en/item/78835

- TASS, 2026-09-29 14:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2194627

> A Moscow court has ordered the in-absentia arrest of blogger Yury Dud and Denis Kapustin, leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps. Russia’s Investigative Committee alleges that the pair conducted an interview in Moldova containing statements that justified and promoted terrorism, after which Dud posted the recording on YouTube. Dud could face up to seven years in prison.

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