Criminal case for commenting on a forum

On February 3, 2011, the Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic Komi announced the initiation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of national hatred or enmity) on the fact of the appearance of a xenophobic comment on the Internet.

According to the investigation, an unknown user on December 29, 2010 on one from sites on the Internet posted a comment “ containing appeals directed to incite hatred and enmity towards persons of Komi nationality . Sorry about the content of the comment that caused claims by law enforcement agencies, nothing unknown.

Sources

• The Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Republic of Kazakhstan initiated a criminal case on the fact of posting an extremist comment on the Internet // Official website of the UPC RF for the Republic of Komi. 2011. February 3.