Warning to the newspaper "For People's Power!"

In early June 2009, Roskomnadzor ruled against the editors of the Novosibirsk newspaper "For People's Power!" warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activity. The reason was the publication of "An Open Letter to Putin" in No. 5 dated February 12, 2009.

The publication is a short appeal by several citizens to Vladimir Putin, in which he is accused of treason.

Recall that knowingly falsely accusing a government official of extremism is, according to the law, an extremist act. However, treason is not included in the list of extremist crimes, so the accusation of treason against Putin's homeland - albeit far-fetched - is not extremism.

Sources

• Warnings to media editors for violations of Art. 4 of the Law of the Russian Federation "On the Mass Media", issued by Roskomnadzor in 2009 // Official website of Roskomnadzor. 2009.
• Open letter to Putin // For People's Power! 2009. February 12.