Trial in the "Bribery" case

May 24, 2013 at Morgaushsky district court of the Chuvash Republic began consideration of the case on the publication of the article "Show me your tongue and I'll tell you who you are" in newspaper "Bribe" May 4, 2011.

accusations were brought against journalist Illa Ivanov, despite the fact that the editor-in-chief of the Bribe newspaper, Eduard Mochalov, repeatedly stated that he was the author of the article.

At the court session on July 22, it turned out that for The FSB wiretapped Ivanov's phone, moreover, listening began before the corresponding court sanction.

July 29, 2013 at a regular hearing in the case, the witness for the prosecution, Belov, stated that he had not read the article, did not give evidence to the investigator, and The signature in the protocol of interrogation was forged. Ivanov's defense is going to file a petition for initiation of a criminal case against the investigator on the fact of falsification of evidence and official forgery.

On August 15, 2013, Ille Ivanov began an action of civil disobedience: he filed an application with the Supreme Court of Chuvashia demanding to oblige the Morgaushsky District Court to serve him subpoenas in the Chuvash language. Otherwise, he refused to attend court hearings. According to Ivanov, if he is forcibly taken to court, " he is determined to fight for his constitutional rights to legal proceedings in his native Chuvash language - the first state language of the Chuvash Republic - by any peaceful means, including pickets, hunger strikes and so on. "

Recall, we believe that the article "Show me your tongue, and I'll tell you who you are" was recognized as extremist material illegally, respectively, illegally and criminally matter of its publication.

Sources

• Bribery Trial Begins // Free speech (Chuvash Republic). 2013. May 23.
• FSB spoke about wiretapping the phone of the accused in the case of "Bribes" // Free speech (Chuvash Republic). 2013. July 23.
• Witness for the prosecution in the case of "Bribes" said the falsification of his testimony // Free speech (Chuvash Republic). 2013. July 29.
• The defendant in the case of "bribes" began an action of civil disobedience // Free speech (Chuvash Republic). 2013. August 15.