A volunteer of Navalny’s headquarters in Chuvashia was sentenced to a real prison term for posts on a social network

The Novocheboksarsky City Court sentenced Aleksey Mironov, a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Cheboksary, to two years and three months in a colony-settlement. about it Writes "Mediazona".

Mironov was found guilty of incitement to extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and inciting hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) for posts on VKontakte. According to investigators, the activist posted on the social network a picture with the inscription "I officially call for a violent change of power," as well as a post about Muslims.

On June 17, 2017, came police officers to Mironov with a search. Later, a criminal case was opened against the activist under two articles, and the trial was closed.