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Petrozavodsk: The artist was taken to the FSB due to posts on social networks
In Petrozavodsk, the head of the art studio, Irina Bystrov, was detained due to anti-war posts in social networks. On the morning of March 23, they came to the woman’s apartment with a search and tried to hack the door. When the security forces got into the apartment, they searched, and after noon, they took away Bystrov for interrogation.
According to the woman, the search in her apartment was five hours. Closer to his end, an ambulance came to Bystrova: the woman had a lot of pressure.
- They rummaged through everything. We took the computer, phones. I don’t know if my mother’s phone was taken, ”said Irina Bystrova. “I don’t know if the matter has been opened, I don’t understand what they blame me for.”
In the apartment, Svetova remained her mother - a disabled person who had recently ill with coronavirus and suffered a stroke. According to the woman, medical care was required for her.
People who detained Bystrov told reporters that they were from the FSB, but they did not explain the reason for their actions and did not answer questions about the criminal case.
Since the beginning of the "special operation" of the Russian Federations in Ukraine, Irina Bystrova posted on her VKontakte page that criticizing the actions of the Russian state. Now the page of Svetova is blocked, but some of the publications can be seen in her group "Art School of Irina Khrevova."
- On March 4, Putin signed the law on administrative and criminal liability for "fakes" on the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine. For messages about the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which the court recognizes "knowingly false", threatens a fine or up to three years in a colony. If the official position is used, there are selfish motives or “evidence is artificially created”, then the term of imprisonment increases from 5 to 10 years. If the "fakes" result in "grave consequences" - up to 15 years of imprisonment.
- During the law in Russia, at least 7 criminal cases of "fakes" were instituted in Russia. On the basis of this law, fines are also assigned. Citizens were fined for slogans and posters "no war", green ribbons and pacifist inscriptions on clothes. In most known cases, judges assign a minimum fine - 30 thousand rubles.