In Moscow, the Investigative Committee opened a case against an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding “fakes” about the Russian military

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case regarding “fakes” about the Russian army against Sergei Klokov, born in 1984. This was reported by Network Freedom with reference to lawyer Daniil Berman.

Klokov is suspected of publicly distributing “fakes” about the Russian military by a group of people using their official position for hate reasons (points “a”, “b” and “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). As the project noted, on March 18, the Presnensky District Court of Moscow chose arrest for two months as a preventive measure for Klokov.

Klokov works as a technician at the reserve control center of the capital’s main headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the court’s press service clarified for RIA Novosti.

On March 16, the Investigative Committee reported that the first criminal cases in the country under the new article 207.3 of the Criminal Code were opened against two residents of the Tomsk region. a defendant in another such case became On the same day , the author of cookbooks and blogger Veronica Belotserkovskaya . Yesterday, a case of “fakes” about the Russian military was opened against journalist Andrei Novashov from the Kemerovo region, and then against Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon .

In addition, “Network Freedoms” , citing Baza , clarifies that the defendant in another such case was an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from Crimea named Samodurov. According to the telegram channel, on March 14, he walked around the apartments of Yalta residents and said: “The United States has already sent missiles and planes. Soon there will be explosions in Crimea.”

Updated at 2:20 p.m. Information about Klokov’s work has been added, and therefore the title has been changed.