A resident of Saratov was suspected of publishing prohibited materials

A resident of Saratov, Natalya Surovtseva, was charged with publishing extremist materials on a social network. According to the public "Free Volga" in the social network "Vkontakte", one of these materials is a video clip of the musical group "Mushroom Rain". According to the Free Volga Region, Surovtseva is engaged in supporting nationalists convicted for political reasons.

Employees of the Investigative Committee and the Center for Combating Extremism on the morning of December 2 detained Natalya Surovtseva at work and took her home from there for a search. During the search, her laptop and mobile phone were confiscated. Later, she was taken for interrogation to the department of the regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the Leninsky district of Saratov. The interrogation takes place in the presence of a CPE officer.

Until more detailed information about the grounds for initiating a criminal case becomes available, OVD-Info finds it difficult to unequivocally determine this prosecution as unlawful.

In September 2014, Surovtseva was arrested for 15 days on charges of demonstrating prohibited symbols for depicting a pagan rune resembling a swastika on a tattoo.