Glazov: the court will consider a claim to recognize 5 photos from the VKontakte network as extremist

In January 2016 in the city of Glazov, Udmurt Republic in the court filed a lawsuit demanding that 5 photos from signatures that call for violence against people from the Caucasus.

In January 2016, in the city of Glazov, Udmurt Republic, the prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit with the court to recognize 5 xenophobic images as extremist, published under a pseudonym by a minor local resident in the social networks "VKontakte".

It is reported that these are photographs with captions in which contains calls for violence against people from the Caucasus.

Initiation of a criminal case on the fact of publication xenophobic materials were refused due to the fact that the person who posted them in internet young man, has not reached the age of criminal responsibility.

Sources

• According to the prosecutor, the court recognized the materials in the social network "VKontakte" on the Internet as extremist // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Udmurt Republic. 2016. January 25.