In Oryol, the court refused to ban a virtual encyclopedia of city life

On October 3, 2012, the Sovetsky District Court of Orel refused recognize the popular city website orlec.ru as extremist. The court satisfied the demands of the prosecutor's office only partially, recognizing extremist materials that were posted on the site and served as cause for legal action. Recall that "Orlets", positioning itself as a free online encyclopedia, provides the ability to publish anonymously to everyone "ironically" speak out on the subject of the life of the city. July 24, 2012 SO SU IC RF in Oryol area initiated a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or hostility, as well as humiliation of human dignity) upon placement on site on April 10 and 25, and on May 16, 2012 three publications "Mosque", "Aquarium" and "Economy", which, according to the conclusions of the experts, contained " signs of inciting hostility between groups people united on ethnic and religious grounds , "as well as " calls for violent action ." The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit to ban the entire site.

As it turned out in court, the administration of "Orlets" removed the xenophobic materials within 5-7 minutes, but during this time representatives of law enforcement structures managed to take screenshots. Materials were laid out through an anonymous proxy server, and find disseminator of information was not possible. The line of defense was built on the fact that the placement of materials on the site was a provocation by law enforcement structures, since inconsistencies in dates were found in the case file, and The screenshots bore traces of processing in "Photoshop".

Sources

• The court did not recognize Orlets as an extremist site // Orelgrad. 2012. October 3.