Bashkir activist was sentenced to 10 days of arrest under the article of inciting hatred or enmity

The Kirovsky District Court of Ufa has appointed 10 days of arrest for the Bashkir activist Ramila Saitova under the administrative article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). It is reported by "Kommersant-Ufa".

In July, Saitova posted a video on Facebook in which she asked questions of Armenian girls passing by about what country they came from, where they live and study. The video was accompanied by the phrase: “How do we have so many Armenians?”

Linguistic examination at the Bashkir State University found signs of inciting hostility, hatred and humiliation in the video. “The author’s attitude has an aggressively-minded, provocative fuse for those who are not “Bashkort” by nationality. The intonational characteristics of the author’s dialogue, lexical and syntactic features testify to undisguised intolerance towards passers-by,” the experts wrote.

Saitova pleaded not guilty, stating that there was no evidence in the case that it was she who filmed the video.

• In February 2020, Ramil Saitova was arrested for 5 days for not paying a fine due to being detained by the police while observing the September elections.
• In December 2019, Ramil Saitova was fined 20,000 rubles for publishing a video message in which she called for an unapproved rally in defense of nature. She was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organization of a public event without filing a notification).
• At the end of January, Saitova's car was stopped by traffic police officers, allegedly because they had an orientation towards her. After refusing to get out of the car, the traffic police officer knocked out the side window and dragged Saitova out by force. As a result, a report on disobedience to a policeman was drawn up against her (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).