A well-known blogger and media manager was found guilty under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code in inciting hatred towards the Syrians.

3 October 2016 Presnensky the Moscow court recognized the blogger and media manager Anton Nosik guilty By Part 1 Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred or enmity) in publications in personal blog entries titled "Wipe Syria off the face of Earth". Spout sentenced to a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

The criminal case against the blogger was initiated in November 2015 due to the fact that in his post in "LiveJournal" from 1 October 2015 Nosik called for Syrian carpet bombing territory to complete destruction. civil infrastructure of the country and assessed the death of civilians, including number of children, as well-deserved. At the same day on air "Echo of Moscow" blogger confirmed that he supported the murder women, children and the elderly during the military operations in Syria as they will eventually account pose a danger to Israel.

Recall we believe that the statements of Nosik did contain calls for war and allegations of the inferiority of the Syrians and could stir up hostility towards to this people. However, we doubted in need of criminal prosecution blogger due to the fact that the public The danger of his statements was not great: hostility towards the Syrians is widespread in modern Russian society, and what As for calls for bombardments, then they are addressed to the governments of countries, decisions on which Nosik's opinion is not has no effect.

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The court fined blogger Nosik for an extremist post for half a million rubles // Interfax.ru. 2016. October 3.

Anton Nosik sentenced to a fine