Perm: a case under Art. 280

In May 2020, a case was brought to court in Perm against three local residents accused of applying graffiti calling for violence. In May 2020, the investigation of a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism).

Three local residents will soon be in the dock, who, according to law enforcement agencies, painted some xenophobic graffiti on a concrete fence along Chernyshevsky Street on the night of January 9-20, 2019. According to the conclusion of the examination, they contained "signs of incitement to commit hostile acts on religious grounds." Unfortunately, it is not possible to understand from this wording whether the graffiti called for violence against representatives of a certain confessional group or called for supporting the hostile actions of a certain religious movement.

The case has already been transferred to the Sverdlovsky District Court of Perm for consideration on the merits.

Sources

• Three youths to face trial on charges of committing anti-social acts // Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Perm Territory. May 8, 2020