On June 22, 2009, the Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg delivered a verdict in the case of Nikolai Andrushchenko, a journalist with the Novy Peterburg newspaper. He was fined 20 thousand rubles. In addition, the court sentenced him to one year of imprisonment conditionally, but released him from punishment due to the statute of limitations.

Andrushchenko was found guilty of insulting employees of the St. Petersburg prosecutor's office (Article 319 of the Criminal Code). The accusation of incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280) was reclassified to part 1 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred towards the social group "law enforcement officials"). As it became known later, he was found guilty under this article in connection with the publication of the material "Bloody Saturday March 3, 2007" (about the "March of Dissent"). The charge of libel (part 3 of article 129 of the Criminal Code) against Andrushchenko was dropped.

Earlier, Andrushchenko's articles, which initially led to the initiation of a case of incitement to extremism, were recognized by several court decisions as extremist materials.

Sources

The case of Nikolai Andrushchenko ended with a fine and release // Fontanka.ru. 2009. June 22.
The clash with the law ended with a fine for the journalist Andrushchenko // Lenizdat.ru. 2009. June 22.
Information card for criminal case No. 1-5/2009 // Website of the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg.

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