Deputy speaker of Krasnoyarsk Krai Legislative Assembly released with restraining order for physically abusing ex-partner

The court forbade Andrey Novak from approaching the house of his former partner, Inna Yakovleva, and from attempting to contact her or the witnesses in the criminal case. Novak was named a suspect in the case involving torture and threats of murder.

Andrey Novak had been in a relationship with Inna Yakovleva, the head of the regional chess federation. Investigators believe that on June 14, in Krasnoyarsk, he beat Yakovleva with his hands and feet and threatened to kill her.

Yakovleva...