In Cheboksary, a kindergarten teacher was fired after participating in an anti-corruption rally on March 26

In Cheboksary, teacher Elena Blinova was fired from kindergarten No. 203 after the police fined her for the slogan “Orthodoxy or Death” recognized as extremist and questioned her about her participation in an anti-corruption rally on March 26, Blinova said on her Facebook page.

According to Blinova, on the morning of April 3, a local police officer came to her work and said that he had to take her to the police department.

“The manager suggested that I write a statement of my own free will, after I refused, they provided me with video footage from surveillance cameras that I took time off from work early to feed the children lunch. I was fired under Article 81, paragraph 5 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, despite the fact that I am a single mother and am protected from dismissal by law,” writes Blinova.

At police station No. 6, a report was drawn up against Elena Blinova for the production and distribution of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code). As human rights activist Alexey Glukhov clarified to the publication “My City,” we are talking about the slogan “Orthodoxy or death.” The trial was supposed to take place today, but the results of the hearing are still unknown.

In November 2016, in Chuvashia, administrative protocols were drawn up against activists Dmitry Semenov and Dmitry Pankov for reposting photographs of State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov wearing a T-shirt with the inscription “Orthodoxy or Death” - the slogan was recognized as extremist , however, as it turned out in court, this phrase is prohibited only in if it ends with an exclamation mark. Then Semenov was fined, and Pankov’s case was closed.

In February, new protocols were drawn up against Semenov and Pankov - now for reposting news about how they were tried for reposting photographs of deputy Milonov wearing a T-shirt with the inscription “Orthodoxy or Death.” At the end of March, the court fined Pankov one thousand rubles, and Semenov three thousand rubles.