Distributor of anti-Semitic leaflets convicted in Kaliningrad region

On February 4, 2008, the city court of Sovetsk (Kaliningrad region) was convicted under Part 1 of Art. 282 (actions aimed at inciting hatred and enmity, as well as humiliating the dignity of a person and a group of people on the basis of nationality, attitudes towards religion, committed publicly) resident of the city Andrey Shchetinin, born in 1961. A. Shchetinin was sentenced to 180 hours of compulsory work. The verdict did not enter into force.

The investigation established that the convict had made leaflets on his computer, in which he "used words and expressions aimed at inciting hatred and enmity towards Jews, humiliating their dignity on the grounds of nationality, as well as groups of persons (Christians) on grounds of their attitude to religion" . Then Shchetinin made about 1000 copies of leaflets in the printing house, which, on behalf of the Russian Pagan Community, "Heritage of the Ancestors" "distributed among the inhabitants of the city, putting them in the mailboxes of residential buildings" .

After the verdict was passed, the city prosecutor filed an application with the city court for the recognition of Shchetinin's leaflets as extremist materials.

On February 12, 2007, the Soviet City Court granted the prosecutor's application and recognized the leaflets as extremist materials.

Sources

• The Soviet city court convicted a person for inciting hatred and enmity, as well as for humiliating the dignity of a person and a group of persons on the grounds of nationality and attitude to religion // Prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region. 2008. February 4.
• Kaliningrader distributed extremist leaflets on behalf of Heritage of Ancestors // Klops.Ru. 2008. March 3.