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The court fined a 60-year-old veteran of the war in Afghanistan half a million rubles for reposting about a protest and participating in it.
The Tambov Regional Court upheld two fines in the amount of 510 thousand rubles imposed on 60-year-old veteran of the war in Afghanistan Oleg Bondarev for reposting the announcement of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny and participating in it on January 23. This is reported by the publication "7 × 7" with reference to Bondarev himself.
On January 30, the Soviet District Court of Tambov fined the pensioner 250 thousand rubles for participating in the rally, the publication clarifies. In addition, Bondarev was fined 260 thousand rubles for reposting the announcement of the action on the VKontakte social network, believing that this was the organization of the event. In both cases, Bondarev was charged with the repeated commission of an administrative offense (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
According to the man, he lives with an 80-year-old non-walking mother, and his only source of income is a pension of 22,000 rubles, writes 7x7.
One fine was paid to Bondarev by the Anti-Corruption Fund*, the money for the second fine is collected by Picketman, according to Ilya Azar, a special correspondent for Novaya Gazeta.
Actions in support of Alexei Navalny were held throughout Russia on January 23 and 31. After the rallies, law enforcement officers opened dozens of criminal cases on attacks on government officials. Some defendants have already been sentenced, a number of them received real terms.