The coordinator of Open Russia in Krasnodar was again fined for participating in an “undesirable organization”

The coordinator of the Krasnodar regional branch of the Open Russia movement, Yana Antonova, was fined 15 thousand rubles for publishing a video about the lack of schools in the region. The department coordinator herself informed the Voice of Kuban about this.

The decision on the fine was made by Magistrate Elena Zolotukhina. The case file states that a video about the shortage of schools, published by Antonova, was discovered by the FSB Directorate for the Krasnodar Territory, which sent the information to the city prosecutor's office to bring the activist to administrative responsibility.

An administrative case was initiated due to the fact that the video contained symbols of the Russian Open Russia movement, which, according to the FSB, the prosecutor's office and the court, indicates that Yana Antonova is carrying out undesirable activities on the territory of Russia by the British Open Russia Civic.

Antonova was found guilty of carrying out the activities of an undesirable organization (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and was given the maximum possible punishment under this article - 15 thousand rubles. The activist intends to appeal the fine.

This is not the first time that members of the Krasnodar regional branch of the movement have been brought to administrative responsibility under this article.

As previously reported by Voice of Kuban, an administrative case was opened against eight council members and activists of the Krasnodar branch of the Open Russia movement for participation in an organization recognized as undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation (Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code).

The protocols were drawn up against the coordinator of the Krasnodar branch of the public movement “Open Russia” Yana Antonova, members of the Council of the regional branch Leonid Zaprudin, Mirina Zaprudina, David Kankiya and Leonid Malyavin, as well as members of the regional branch Arina Lisovets, Alexander Savelyev and Viktor Chirikov.

The administrative protocols, signed by the acting prosecutor of the city of Krasnodar, Gazdarov Kutsuk Georgievich, state that the activists are participating in the work of the British “Open Russia”, recognized by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation as an undesirable organization.

In the prosecutor's office of the Krasnodar region, apparently, no one cares that Krasnodar activists are part of a Russian movement with a similar name and have nothing in common, except the name, with the British organization “Open Russia”.

The activists were found guilty and received fines ranging from 7 to 15 thousand rubles.

If a citizen is brought to administrative responsibility twice within a year under Article 20.33 of the Administrative Code, he faces criminal liability under Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code (also introduced in 2015), which provides for punishment of up to six years in prison.

The Prosecutor General's Office recognized the British Open Russia as an undesirable organization on April 26, 2017. The next day, department representative Alexander Kurennoy told RBC that this decision concerns only the British organization and “will not affect the work of the organization’s social network movement in Russia.”

The Russian movement Open Russia states that it is in no way associated with Open Russia and does not receive money from it.