In St. Petersburg, a driver was suspended from work due to a criminal record under an article on extremism.

Gorelektrotrans suspended trolleybus driver Dina Garina from work because her name remained on the list of Rosfinmonitoring after the conviction was extinguished. It is reported by "Fontanka".

Garina was denied admission to work on the basis of the conclusion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Moscow region. The letter, signed by Sevryukova, deputy director of Gorelektrotrans for transport security, states that Garina was checked for involvement in an organized criminal group. The letter also states that a woman should not be allowed to work in transport security.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that the check by Garina was carried out at the initiative of Gorelektrotrans after a written request from the director of the enterprise Vasily Ostryakov.

Garina's conviction was extinguished almost a year ago, but despite this, the woman remained on the list of individuals in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism.

• In March 2016, Dina Garina was sentenced to one and a half years probation for posting on social networks. She was found guilty under Part 1 of Article 282 and Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremist activity) for her publications on VKontakte.