A native of Ukraine was arrested in the suburbs due to a post on the military of the Russian Federation

The court in Krasnogorsk near Moscow sent a 25-year-old native of Ukraine in the pre-trial detention center in the case of stimulation of hatred or hostility with the threat of violence due to a post on social networks about the Russian military. This was reported on the website of the Main Investigation Department in the Moscow Region.

The department did not call the name of the accused, but the sources of TASS and RIA Novosti reported that we are talking about a singer living in Krasnogorsk and blogger Igor Levchenko.

He was detained after on February 24 he condemned the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine on his Instagram. After his detention, a video with his apology appeared on the Internet. On it, Levchenko says that he spoke about the war in a state of strong intoxication.

According to the article on extremism, Igor Levchenko threatens up to 6 years in prison.

• On February 24, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will begin the so -called "special military operation" in Ukraine. The United States, members of NATO and the European Union, as well as many other countries that subsequently imposed sanctions against Russia made a sharp condemnation of Russia.