The verdict in the “public AUE” case was announced in Yekaterinburg

The Yekaterinburg garrison military court announced the verdict in the AUE public case against Natalya Babarika, her husband Nikolai and their friend Artem Zuev and found them guilty under articles on incitement to extremism (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), creation and participation in an extremist community (parts 1 and 2 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code) and inciting hatred or enmity towards FSB and police officers (part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). this on his telegram channel. reports Pavel Chikov, head of the international legal group Agora,

As the human rights activist clarifies, a criminal case was opened because of the public “VKontakte” called “A.U.E”, which, according to the investigation, Nikolai Babarik created in 2011. The security forces said that in public, Nikolai Babarika and his wife Natalya posted posts "containing statements calling for violence against police officers and FSB officers."

According to the prosecution, the third person involved in the case, Artem Zuev, led the group “Free Master. Shop of Interests, through which he sold backgammon, rosaries and phone cases, decorated in the style of thieves' romance.

All three were found guilty of organizing and participating in the AUE extremist community. On August 17, the Supreme Court, at the suit of the Prosecutor General , banned the "international public movement" Prisoner Criminal Unity "", emphasizing that "AUE is a well-structured and managed organization - a youth movement of an extremist orientation."

The court imposed the following punishment:

• Natalya Babarika - 4 years suspended sentence (she was found guilty of inciting extremism, inciting hatred and participating in the activities of an extremist community);
• Nikolai Babarika - 7 years in prison (he was charged with inciting extremism, inciting hatred and organizing the activities of an extremist community);
• Artem Zuev - 3 years and 9 months in prison (the court found him guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist community).

The interests of Natalia Babarika were defended by a lawyer from Agora, Aleksey Bushmakov.

During the trial, Nikolai Babarika and Artem Zuev fully admitted their guilt, Natalya Babarika refused to do so.

The indictment in the case was approved by the Deputy Prosecutor General.