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A resident of Arkhangelsk has been charged with extremism for making negative statements on the Internet about Russians
In Arkhangelsk, the director of the Pomeranian Institute of Indigenous Peoples was charged with extremism for posting a negative comment about Russians on the Internet, the press service of the regional Investigative Committee told Interfax.
“On April 1, 2012, from a personal computer in the Oktyabrsky district of Arkhangelsk, a commentary on the article was posted on the website of the news agency “Echo of the North,” which contained humiliating characteristics and negative emotional assessments of the “Russian” ethnic group, aimed at inciting hatred in society based on nationality The unacceptable comment was written by a user under the pseudonym “Pomory,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
Soon the offender was found. He was charged with committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Actions aimed at inciting hatred in society on ethnic grounds, committed in public”).
The press service said that the accused refuses to testify.
In turn, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax that the person involved in the case was the director of the Pomor Institute of Indigenous and Minority Peoples of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, the president of the Pomor Association of the Arkhangelsk Region, Ivan Moseev.