The court overturned the fine of a disabled locust man under the article on fake news

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Saransk considered Alexander Fomin's complaint against the decision of the justice of the peace, which fined him 30,000 rubles under the article on the dissemination of knowingly false information (part 9 of article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the repost of the petition to Putin. The court canceled the fine and stopped the proceedings, reports . 7×7

At the meeting, the prosecutor represented the prosecution, he spoke in favor of dismissing the case. Fomin said that before the appeal, another employee of the prosecutor's office came to him to sort out his case.

The justice of the peace fined Fomin on March 16 because of the repost of a petition that said the state had violated the right to health protection and medical care during the coronavirus epidemic. On the day of the trial, he began treatment for cancer, of which he has a first-degree disability.

• Since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia, protocols have been drawn up en masse, criminal cases have been opened and demands have been made to limit access to content about the coronavirus in connection with the operation of the law prohibiting the dissemination of “knowingly false information”. According to the Agora International Human Rights Group, as of June 9, 2020, a total of 170 administrative cases were opened in Russia in 53 regions and 42 criminal cases in 24 regions of the country.
• According to the joint data of OVD-Info, Important Stories and Kholod, the reason for the persecution was incorrect information about the number of cases, criticism of the actions of the authorities and law enforcement agencies during the epidemic, discussion of health problems (especially the lack of protective equipment for doctors), jokes, sarcastic or ironic posts.