The arrest of an employee of the Elista mayor’s office under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army was upheld

The Supreme Court of Kalmykia upheld the arrest of Elista City Hall employee Altan Ochirov. The Caucasian Knot is about this.

April 13 Ochirov, and then for two months under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

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detained arrested According to “Caution News”, Ochirov was the owner of the telegram channel “Volny Ulus”, in which he published posts about the war with Ukraine. According to investigators, the man ran the channel from his office computer - this, presumably, became the reason for prosecuting him under paragraph “a” of Part 2 of the article on “fakes” (dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian armed forces using his official position).

“Caution, News” also mentions that in February Ochirov was fined in the amount of one thousand rubles under the article on displaying Nazi paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).

• Article 207.3 was added to the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the government responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. For spreading “fake news” you can get up to 15 years in prison. included - Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. OVD-Info about famous criminal cases. tells