Another Internet blogger convicted in Bashkiria

On April 11, 2011, the Belebeevsky City Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan ruled sentence under h. 1 Article. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred) and Art. 242 The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (distribution of pornography) to 43-year-old Alexander Izmailov (Epifan Zvezdobolov).

He was found guilty of placing from February 4 to October 8, 2008 there are at least 649 negative anti-Bashkir comments on the Ufa Gubernskaya (UfaGub) website.

For posting comments, A. Izmailov was sentenced to a fine of 150 000 rubles and released from punishment due to the expiration of the period of bringing to criminal liability.

In addition, A. Izmailov was found guilty of posting pornographic materials on his Internet blog (jepifan.livejournal.com/). For this episode he was sentenced to a fine of 120,000 rubles.

The verdict has not yet entered into force.

Recall that this is not the first case against commentators. site "Ufagub". In December 2010, in Ufa, on the second attempt , a sentence was passed on 42-year-old Sergei Maslennikov for the xenophobic comments he left on the forum site "UfaGub". He was sentenced to one year in prison, but due to the expiration of statute of limitations, was released from serving the sentence.

Sources

• Person convicted for illegal distribution of extremist and pornographic materials // Official site of the Belebeev interdistrict prosecutor's office. 2011. April 11.