Kurgan Center “E” did not find any signs of extremism in the picture with Putin

Employees of the Center for Combating Extremism in the Kurgan Region did not find any signs of an offense in the picture with Putin, which was published by local blogger Ilya Vinshtein. On July 10, the blogger told the publication Ural. MBKh Media.

“Examination of violations did not reveal. Today I was introduced to her, ”Vinshtein quotes the publication.

Center "E" conducted an audit on an anonymous complaint to Rospotrebnadzor against the post of Ilya Vinshtein in VKontakte dated June 24. Vinshtein wrote about employees of public institutions who are forced by their superiors to participate in voting on amendments to the Constitution. A collage is attached to the post, where a man with Putin's face holds the "Constitution for 2020" in his hands. The picture appeared on the Internet on June 12, based on a frame from a campaign video for amendments to the Constitution, MBKh Media clarifies.

• In October 2019, blogger Ilya Vinshtein was interrogated over a satirical video titled “Closed meeting in Shumakov’s office.” A computer was also confiscated from Vinshtein for a pre-investigation check, which was completed in February 2020.
• On March 11, the State Duma approved the draft law on amendments to the Constitution, initiated by Vladimir Putin. Before that, the President supported the amendment of Deputy Valentina Tereshkova, who proposed to give the President the opportunity to run for two new terms after the adoption of amendments to the Constitution. Sobyanin called the ban on Putin being elected "a destabilizing factor." The amendments are planned to be approved at a nationwide vote, the main stage of which took place on July 1, 2020.
• According to the CEC, almost 78% of Russians supported the amendments to the Constitution. Sergey Shpilkin, a researcher of Russian election statistics, spoke to the independent media Proekt about possible fraud.