A case has been opened in Ulyanovsk against a local supporter of far-right ideology

In September 2016, a criminal case was initiated in Ulyanovsk case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code against a 24-year-old local resident who published several xenophobic videos on the social network.

In September 2016, a criminal case was initiated in Ulyanovsk case under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred).

The case was initiated against a 24-year-old local resident who, according to the investigation, in 2013 and 2014 he published on his page in social network, some xenophobic videos directed against “non-Slavs”.

Details were not reported.

During the investigation, he said that he was a supporter of ultra-right views since school.

Sources

• A resident of Ulyanovsk is suspected of extremism // Official website of the Investigation Department of the RF Investigative Committee for the Ulyanovsk Region. 2016. September 30.