
The court in Barnaul canceled the decision on the appointment of psychiatric examination to Anton Angel, who is suspected of extremism due to the publication of memes on the Internet. This was reported by Siberia. Reali with reference to the lawyer Roman Ozhmegov.
The court came to the conclusion that the angel was deprived of the opportunity to protect himself, and sent the materials for the investigation. In early September, the suspect was detained by the arbitration court building in Barnaul. The police forcibly delivered him to a psychiatric hospital. A few hours later, the angel was released. He wrote to the police an application for law enforcement officials.
In April, the investigators opened a criminal case on the resident of the Altai Territory Anton Angel about "the initiation of hatred or enmity, as well as the humiliation of human dignity." He was offered to arrange a confession, threatening the criminal prosecution of a civil wife, mother and friends. Then the investigator appointed an angel a psychiatric examination and began to insist on his premises in the hospital.
In addition to Anton Angel, in Barnaul, Andrei Shasherin, Daniil Markin and Maria Motuznaya , who were under investigation of cases of extremism and insulting the feelings of believers, were under investigation.
In 2017, 461 people were brought to reposts and likes on social networks in 2017. During the direct line on June 7, Vladimir Putin said that the situation with the punishment for such actions does not need to be brought "to insanity and absurdity." On October 3, the president introduced a bill to the State Duma, which partially softens the punishment under the article on "arousing hatred or enmity."