Maria Motuznaya was excluded from the list of extremists

Maria Motuznaya, against whom a case was opened for extremism and insulting the feelings of believers (Part 1 of Articles 282 and 148 of the Criminal Code), was excluded from the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists. attention to this . drew Activist Ivan Shukshin

Together with Motuzna, another resident of Barnaul, Andrei Shasherin, who was accused of extremism, was removed from the list.

“This means that criminal cases against them under Article 282 have been terminated. True, the investigation has not yet notified the lawyers about this,” wrote in his Telegram channel. Pavel Chikov, head of the international human rights group Agora,

In the summer of 2018, 24-year-old resident of Barnaul Maria Motuznaya publicly described how she became accused of extremism for memes published on her VKontakte page. The examination found in the pictures “signs of humiliation of representatives of the Negroid race,” as well as signs of “expression of disrespect for society in order to insult the religious feelings of believers.”

In August, Motuznaya's case began to be considered in court. Mediazona conducted online broadcasts from these meetings. In October, Motuznaya’s case was returned to the prosecutor’s office, and the accused herself left Russia.

Shasherin was also accused of extremism for the pictures saved on VKontakte. In particular, the reason for initiating the case was memes with Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church.