Volzhsky: sentence under Art. 280

In September 2019, in the Vologda Oblast, a court sentenced a previously convicted local resident to 1 year and 8 months in prison, who was found guilty of publishing materials calling for xenophobic violence on a social network.
In September 2019, in the city of Volzhsky, Vologda Oblast, a verdict was handed down in a case under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism).

A local resident was in the dock, who, according to law enforcement agencies, published audio clips on his page on the VKontakte social network containing calls for violence against Jews, as well as people from the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Previously, the person involved in the case had previously been convicted several times.

The court sentenced him to 1 year and 8 months in a strict regime colony with deprivation of the right to administer websites on the Internet for 2.5 years.

Before the trial, the Internet user was under house arrest.

Sources

• Volzhanin sentenced for public calls for extremism on the Internet // Volzhsky city court of the Vologda region. 2019. October 8.