Barnaul: The criminal case of the “Internet Exceter” was terminated by Markin

On January 21, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Barnaul terminated the criminal case against the 20-year-old resident of Daniil Markin in connection with the partial decriminalization of the 282nd article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The activist reported this to the correspondent of Siberia. Real.

During the court hearing, the results of a psychological examination conducted in November 2018 were made public, which did not reveal hatred of believing citizens in the actions of Markin. Markin also said that he would not seek the right to rehabilitation and compensation for moral and material damage caused by law enforcement agencies. “All this will require new material costs, the time and moral forces, which, to be honest, to date, I have no longer left,” he told the correspondent of Siberia. Real.

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The court decision should come into force within ten days, after which Daniil Markin should return the equipment seized during searches and unlock bank accounts.

The fact that in the framework of the criminal case Markin is accused of placing pictures on the social network VKontakte in July 2018. Law enforcement officers accused him of inciting hatred of believers and promotion of extremism. One of the reasons was the image of the hero of the series "Game of Thrones" by John Snow - a character who died in the fifth season, but came to life in a sixth. In the picture there was a signature with a phrase similar to the one that the Orthodox tell each other to Easter.

Daniil Markin became one of the four inhabitants of the Altai Territory, who were criminalized in the spring and summer of 2018 for memes and reposts on social networks. Earlier, a resident of Barnaul Maria Motuznaya spoke about her criminal case. Later it became known about criminal cases against Andrei Shasherin and Anton Angel. The fact that Maria Motuznoy and Andrei Shasherin was excluded from the lists of extremists became known on January 10.

In October 2018, President Vladimir Putin proposed mitigating the punishment under an article on "arousing hatred or enmity." During the direct line on June 7, he said that the situation with the punishment for such actions does not need to be brought "to insanity and absurdity."

In 2017, 461 people were brought to reposts and likes on social networks in 2017.