Distributor of anti-Semitic film fined in St. Petersburg

On May 13, 2008, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg delivered a guilty verdict against 45-year-old Alexei Milyushin, finding him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity).

In August 2006, A. Milyushin sold DVDs with the film "The Modern Russian Idea under the Conditions of the Jewish Yoke" in the premises of the State Regional Educational Visitor Center. The film "contained ideas of hatred and enmity against the Jews . " means expressing negative emotional assessments, characteristics that degrade the dignity of a person .

The defendant pleaded not guilty. However, the court agreed with the arguments of the public prosecutor of the Primorsky District Prosecutor's Office, who "presented in court irrefutable evidence of guilt . "

By a court verdict, A. Milyushin was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles.

Sources

• A 45-year-old man was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles for distributing a film containing the idea of ​​hatred, enmity and humiliation of human dignity // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg. 2008. May 13. *