Commented reaction

In St. Petersburg, the FSB officers detained the founder of the Free Ingria community on the social network VKontakte Artem Chebotarev, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee. A criminal case has been instituted against him under part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (excitement of hatred and enmity, humiliation of human dignity).

"The issue of the election of a preventive measure and charges against a suspect is being decided," the report said.

On the operational shooting, it is clear how the FSB officers in masks and body armor, who rushed into the apartment, are hung on the floor and put handcuffs on it, although he does not resist. Then a person who introduced himself as an investigator tells Chebotarev that a criminal case has been instituted against him for the commentary of the “extremist content” in the “Russian -speaking Bandera” group.

A search was carried out in Chebotarev’s apartment.

On March 18, the head of the department of the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office for the legislation of the state security bodies and the implementation of the legislation on counteracting extremism Sergei Zhukovsky said that one of his lives can be spoiled by one post on the social network.

"Every citizen today must understand that with one inaccurate action, some kind of radical post, he can ruin his whole life. Living with the stigma" extremist "or" terrorist "is a negligent prospect. There are a lot of consequences and in terms of a negative attitude in society," the prosecutor said. At the same time, according to him, in recent years, "a small number of violators of the law" attracted criminal liability for extremism in recent years. Last year, there were less than 20 such cases in the city. Zhukovsky emphasized that most extremist crimes are now being committed on the Internet, and not on the street.