Justification for terrorism

Under this article, a criminal case was opened against a journalist from Pskov for materials about an explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB

Svetlana Prokopyeva, a journalist from Echo of Moscow in Pskov, former editor-in-chief of Pskovskaya Guberniya, has opened a criminal case under part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Public calls for terrorist activities, public justification of terrorism or propaganda of terrorism). This was reported to the "Pskov province" by lawyer Tatyana Martynova. Earlier it was reported that a pre-investigation check was being carried out against Prokopyeva.

On February 6, they came to the journalist with a search. MBKh Media suggested that the search could be related to Prokopyeva's author's radio program about the terrorist attack in the Arkhangelsk FSB. The portal "Another Pskov" reported that Prokopyeva is also the founder of the Pskov news feed media outlet, and she is suspected of justifying terrorism.

The reason for initiating proceedings under Part 6 of Art. 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation was previously the article by Prokopyeva “Repressions for the State”, which dealt with the explosion in the FSB Directorate in Arkhangelsk on October 31, 2018. In it and on the air of the radio station, the journalist said that the state "itself brought up" a generation of citizens who are fighting it and cited the explosion in Arkhangelsk as an example, Mediazona clarifies . The article was published on the PLN website on November 8, and after a warning from Roskomnadzor, it was deleted. On January 31, the Pskov Magistrate's Court began considering an administrative case against Civil Press LLC, the founder of the PLN. The case was initiated on the basis of the conclusion of specialists from a structure subordinate to Roskomnadzor. In court, the defense petitioned for an independent forensic examination in an institution not associated with either Roskomnadzor or Civil Press. However, the court rejected the request.

Drugoy Pskov noted that an important point in the matter of initiating a criminal case could be the outcome of the administrative case against the Civil Press, so the defense asked the magistrate to take the case more carefully and not rush to conclusions. The lawyers intend to independently submit an independent examination for the next meeting on February 7. Thus, the administrative case has not yet been completed, and the criminal case has already been initiated.

Correspondent of "Echo of Moscow" Yakov Shirokov on the afternoon of February 6 reported that the security forces came with searches to the editorial office of "Echo of Moscow in Pskov". about this He wrote in his Telegram channel with reference to the editor-in-chief of the Pskov radio station Maxim Kostikov.

“The justification of terrorism (Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is a new article 282. I spoke about this many times. There will be more cases of incitement to extremism and justification of terrorism. The FSB eliminated competitors in the person of the CPE and the Investigative Committee (investigating cases under Article 282) and now monopolizes criminal cases for words, ”Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international group, commented on Prokopyeva’s case.

The explosion at the entrance to the FSB building in Arkhangelsk occurred on the morning of October 31, 2018. As a result, a 17-year-old young man who brought the bomb died, three more people were injured. The bomber identified himself as an anarchist. After the attack, FSB officers began checking his contacts and, as a result, found an explosive device on the Moscow teenager. against anarchist Vyacheslav Lukichev In Kaliningrad, a case was opened under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The reason was a Telegram post, in which he allegedly called a hero a teenager who staged an explosion in the FSB building in Arkhangelsk.