A court in Chuvashia fined fired teacher Alena Blinova 1,000 rubles. She was found guilty of an offense under Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code (production and distribution of extremist materials) for publishing a photograph of State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Orthodoxy or Death,” which was recognized as extremist. Blinova’s defender Yuri Sidorov wrote about this on his Facebook page.
wrote He reported that a journalist from the Dozhd TV channel was not allowed into the courthouse, and MK listeners and correspondents were prohibited from filming. According to Sidorov, the police officer asked to make the hearing closed, but the court refused.
Blinov after participating in the anti-corruption action on March 26. “The manager suggested that I write a statement of my own free will, after I refused, they provided me with video recordings from surveillance cameras that I had asked to leave work early to feed the children lunch,” she told Mediazone.