The author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU” Dmitry Ivanov was charged in the case of “fake news”

The author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU”, Dmitry Ivanov, was charged in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army. This was reported by a lawyer from OVD-Info, who is defending the activist.

Ivanov is accused of publicly disseminating deliberately false information about the use of the Russian armed forces based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity against any social group (clause “e”, part 2 of Art. 207.3 CC).

Since the morning of June 2, several Moscow activists and SOTA journalist Gleb Yakutov, as well as Ivanov’s parents, have been contacted as part of this case. After interrogation, they were all released as witnesses. Ivanov, who served 25 days of administrative arrest under the article on repeated violation of the procedure for holding an action (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) and was supposed to be released on the evening of June 2, was left in custody until trial.

searches were completed and he was serving. The court hearing on the selection of a preventive measure for Ivanov was scheduled for June 3 at 14:00 in the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.

• Article 207.3 was added to the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities 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. The maximum penalty is ten years in prison. included