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A technician of the reserve control centre of the Moscow City Police. He was detained in the night from 16 to 17 March 2022 in the case of "fakes" about the Russian Military. After the search, officers put a bag over Klokov's head and took him to the State Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee, where the detention was formalised. The report states that Klokov resisted and force and special means were used against him. On 18 March, he was taken into custody. The law enforcers informed the lawyer Daniil Berman that Klokov refused his services, but later he still concluded an agreement with the lawyer. On 10 August, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but later the case was sent back to court.

In June, it became known that the wiretapping of Klokov's telephone conversations, which were the reason for the case, was sanctioned on 28 January 2022 by Judge Denis Ignatev of the Moscow Regional Court. It is allegedly related to the murder of the policemen almost 20 years ago, and the fact that Klokov's father worked together with their alleged killer, Vladislav Stepanov. The investigation considered the phone conversations public, as there were several of them. On 10 August, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but the case was later referred back to the court. On 24 April 2023, Klokov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. In August 2023, the appeal court affirmed the sentence. On 29 May 2024, the cassation court overturned the appeal court's ruling and sent the case for a new trial. On 23 July 2024, the appeal court quashed the verdict and returned the case to the prosecutor's office.

On 21 May 2025, the Perovsky District Court of Moscow started a new trial.

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