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In Kostroma, a sentence was passed for xenophobic videos on VKontakte and statements on the forum
On October 19, 2012, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kostroma Region announced that had been a 28-year-old resident of the city of Kostroma sentenced. He was found guilty of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity).
Recall that in April-May 2011, the defendant posted on the Internet on the page in the social network "VKontakte" three videos " aimed at inciting discord, hostility towards to a person and a group of persons on the basis of nationality, attitude to religion and calling In addition, on the “Kostroma Jedi forum” in open correspondence, the accused posted messages “ and inciting extremist activities .” This was discovered by the regional FSB of Russia.
By a court verdict, the convict was sentenced to correctional labor for a period of 10 months with a deduction of 10% of wages to the state.
Sources
- In the Kostroma region, a local resident was found guilty of posting videos and messages of extremist content // Official website of the UPC RF for the Kostroma region. 2012. October 19.