Ozersk: It was not possible to initiate a criminal case against minors

On April 24, 2012, the prosecutor's office of the ZATO of the city of Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Region, reported that it had submitted to the head of the Department of Education and the director of school No. the requirement to take effective measures to organize educational institutions of effective preventive work with students in the field of countering extremist sentiments.

During the verification of the information of the Center "E" of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region, it was discovered that two students of the school, after a conflict with other students, created a group on the VKontakte network and posted a racist text. Initiation of a criminal case under Article 280 (public calls for extremist activity), Article 282 (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was denied for "not reaching the age of criminal responsibility."

As a result of the prosecutor's check, the texts posted by teenagers were removed from the Internet.

Sources

• The prosecutor of the city of Ozersk demanded that educational institutions strengthen measures to prevent extremist activity among students // Official website of the prosecutor's office of the Chelyabinsk region. 2012. April 24.