Yurga: correctional labor for xenophobic publications on VKontakte

In the Kemerovo region, a court found a 35-year-old local resident guilty of inciting ethnic hatred and public calls for extremism and sentenced him to 1 year and 3 months of compulsory labor.
On December 6, 2018, it became known that in the city of Yurga, Kemerovo Region, a court found a 35-year-old local resident guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred) and part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism on the Internet). The court sentenced him to 1 year and 3 months of compulsory labor.

According to the case file, in April 2017, while serving a sentence for a particularly serious crime, a man posted some xenophobic materials on his VKontakte page. It is also reported that the convict did not cooperate with the investigation and did not admit guilt.

Sources

• In the Kemerovo region, a resident of the regional center, accused of a crime of an extremist nature, will appear before the court // Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region. 2018. September 10.
• In the Kemerovo region, a resident of the regional center was sentenced for crimes of an extremist nature // SU IC RF for the Kemerovo region. 2018. December 6th.