The third day of the trial in the "Yves Rocher" case is covered in considerable detail in Echo's report.
I can add that the proceedings really do differ sharply from a traditional criminal trial.
This is already the prosecution's third day of presenting evidence, and the "victims" still have not been questioned (even though they are present every time), and not a single witness has been called (out of the two hundred questioned during the investigation). In practice, all they are doing is reading out certificates for the purchase of fire extinguishers and the children's birth certificates.
What exactly the cunning plan is remains unclear, but it looks like they simply do not want to question witnesses at all and instead just read out statements written under investigators' dictation. Apparently they are taking into account the experience of the "Kirovles" case, where the prosecution's witnesses were called and, the bastards, either said "I don't know" or gave testimony in favor of me and Ofitserov.
On the positive side: Judge Korobchenko issued a ruling that is almost unheard of these days, one actually based on the law, and lifted the "ban on communicating with any persons whatsoever" for me, replacing it with a "ban on communicating with witnesses in the case".
Not bad already—at least now a Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) officer will stop filming me with a body camera in the courthouse corridors and demanding that I cease unauthorized communication.
You can also read good reports on yesterday's hearing here and here.