The website of the Free Ingria movement is blocked

Access to the site of supporters of the independence of St. Petersburg is closed on the basis of the requirements of Lugovoy's law.

July 21, 2017 Roskomnadzor on demand The Prosecutor General's Office entered in the register of sites to be blocked for calls to mass riots, the implementation of extremist activities or participation in mass events held in violation of of the established order, the site of the St. Petersburg movement "Free Ingria" freeingria.org. Access to the site has been blocked, the administrators hope for successful negotiations on unblocking.

From our point of view, to block site "Free Ingria" had no reason. Movement "Free Ingria" stands for the expansion of the independence of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, adheres to regionalist and even separatist views. However, under the definition of extremist activity according to only the forcible change is subject to the relevant federal law territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, to which the authors of materials published on The site of "Free Ingria" does not call. On the site you can find materials with sharp criticism of the authorities, for example, an article whose main idea boils down to the fact that for centuries the rulers of Russia pursued an occupation policy on the territory of the country. However, the author confines himself to expressing an opinion and does not encourage readers to take any action. We didn't find it on the site. calls for participation in uncoordinated actions, and even more so for riots. Let us also remind you that we consider unlawful the out-of-court blocking of information about public promotions.

Recall, against the community administrator "Free Ingria" in Artem Chebotarev's "VKontakte" in the spring of 2016 was initiated a criminal case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code for anti-Russian comment in the group "Russian-speaking Bandera" in the same social network, in September 2016, it was submitted to the court.

Sources

• The site of the Free Ingria movement is blocked // Fontanka. 2017. July 24.