Criminal case for letters with xenophobic overtones

At the beginning of 2012, the media reported that a criminal case had been opened in St. Petersburg under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting national hatred) against the head of a large family, Vladimir Alekseev.

In the spring of 2011, the children of Alekseev were not allocated free places in music school. After that, he sent a letter to the governor Poltavchenko. Further, photocopies of the letter, which became the reason for initiating the case, appeared at the school. The texts reported that " in Russia, all Russians – including Jews, Tatars, Uzbeks, as they speak Russian language ". One of the parents of students of the music school also noted that Alekseev "regularly distributed some anonymous letters about that teachers oppress "gentile children ." In an interview with a correspondent, the man said that he had "raised worthy Russian children for the country."

The defendant himself denies having distributed these letters.

On November 3, 2011, Alekseev was a comprehensive psychological and psychiatric examination was carried out, and on November 21, the court appointed him an inpatient comprehensive psychiatric examination. The head of a large family did not agree with this decision of the court and appealed against it. On May 31, 2012, the City Court of St. Petersburg dismissed his complaint, i.e. the man still has to go to a psychiatric hospital.

Sources

• Astafieva N. The father of 15 children is going to be sent to a mental hospital for extremism // My district (St. Petersburg). 2012. April 23.
• Pleshakova S. Without a king in the head // Moscow's comsomolets. 2012. January 20.