Irkutsk: administrative fine for publishing prohibited materials on social networks

In March 2016, in Irkutsk, a court fined a local resident F. for publication of certain prohibited materials on the VKontakte social network.

March 2016 in Irkutsk, an administrative case was initiated under Art. 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (mass distribution extremist materials).

The case was started against a local resident who published some prohibited materials on the VKontakte social network.

Unfortunately, about what kind of materials in question, was not reported.

The court found the young man guilty and fined. In addition, he was issued a warning about the inadmissibility of extremist activities.

Sources

• Based on the results of an audit conducted by the prosecutor's office of the Kirovsky district of Irkutsk, the person guilty of distributing materials of extremist content was brought to justice // Official website of the Prosecutor's Office of the Irkutsk region. 2016. April 1st.