Ukhta resident was fined for dousing a banner with the letter Z paint

In Ukhta, a resident was fined 30 thousand rubles under an article on discrediting the army for dousing a banner with the letter Z with red paint .

A banner with the letter Z in the form of a St. George tape appeared on a multi -storey building along Pervomaiskaya Street. The one who doused the banner with paint was calculated on surveillance cameras. The police claim that they found a “correspondence that confirms the fact of preparation for an unlawful act” on the man’s phone, ”and he“ pleaded guilty and expressed an apology to the citizens whose feelings insulted. ”

Judging by the card of the case in court, the name is Dmitry Polyakov, he is 33 years old.

• On March 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on amendments to the administrative and criminal codes, according to which fines and imprisonment of up to 15 years are provided for the distribution of fakes on the actions of the RF Armed Forces. The bill on these amendments was submitted to the State Duma on March 2. The lower house unanimously voted for him at once in three readings. Within two days, the draft law was approved by the Federation Council and the President.
• Under the article on "discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" since March 4, a thousand administrative cases have already appeared, the OVD-Info reports . Human rights activists noted that the scatter of actions for which you can be attracted under this article is very large. For example, several cases were instituted for crosses in memory of those who died in Buch and Mariupol, for "insulting the sign Z" and for the recitation of anti -war poetry. The largest number of cases was instituted for anti -war pickets and posts on social networks.