The FSB dropped the case of a defender of the indigenous peoples of Khakassia, who was accused of extremism due to a VKontakte post.

In Abakan, the FSB dropped the criminal case against Lidiya Bainova, who was accused of public calls for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) because of a VKontakte post dedicated to cases of oppression of indigenous residents of Khakassia. a photo of the decision to terminate the case on his Telegram channel. published The head of the international human rights group Agora, Pavel Chikov,

The document states that Bainova’s actions do not constitute a crime. She was recognized as having the right to rehabilitation.

As Agora lawyer Vladimir Vasin, who represents Bainova’s interests, told Mediazona, the defense insisted that key evidence in the case should be declared inadmissible.

“For example, the initial research of a linguist, which was the main basis for initiating a case, and then his expert opinion. This evidence was obtained in violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Before the end of the investigative actions, the defense submitted voluminous characterizing material and a review by a commission of experts, which pointed out all the violations and inaccuracies of the investigative examinations,” Vasin said.

Boinova was charged in July. The reason was a post in which she talked, for example, about a case when in the playroom of one of the establishments in Abakan, children said that “only Russians can enter there.” In addition, in the publication she used the expressions “revolution”, “coup”, “return power and land to our people”, “reconquer”.

The activist herself did not admit guilt and insisted that the criminal case was related to her active social activities.