In Abakan, the editor-in-chief of the publication “New Focus” was left in custody on charges of “military fakes”

The Supreme Court of Khakassia rejected the complaint against the arrest of the editor-in-chief of the online publication “New Focus” Mikhail Afanasyev,” human rights activist Pavel Chikov.

Afanasyev reports on April 15 in the case of “fakes” about the Russian army, disseminated using his official position (clause “a”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

sent to a pre-trial detention center The Investigative Committee considers unreliable information about “the number of dead, missing and wounded employees of the Office [of the National Guard in the Republic of Khakassia], the inadequate level of material support for employees and the improper performance of duties by management personnel, which allegedly took place on February 24, 2022 after crossing the border with Ukraine”, which were published in the magazine “New Focus”.

• 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. turned on