The easing of Ilya Sigida's pretrial detention came as a surprise to his family.
The investigator himself petitioned to lift the house arrest and place Hieromonk Ilya (Sigida), accused of rehabilitating Nazism, under a restraining order. A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban upheld his position. Sigida's mother believes the mitigation of the restraining order is due to her son's deteriorating health.