A court in Moscow arrested for two months the author of the telegram channel “Protest MSU”

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow sent Dmitry Ivanov, the author of the telegram channel “Protest MGU”, to a pre-trial detention center for two months on charges of “fakes” 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 Russian armed forces motivated by political hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

The basis for the criminal prosecution were publications in the telegram channel “Protest MGU” about the attack of the Russian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, about the losses of Russian aviation on the territory of Ukraine, about the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on the city of Ukraine and the murder of civilians there, about the fact that the Russian army is leading a war, not a special operation, and about the war crimes of the Russian army in Bucha and Irpen.

About the criminal case against the activist on June 2. Several Moscow activists and Sota journalist Gleb Yakutov, as well as Ivanov’s parents, 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.

In the courtroom, the girl was detained for the word “shame”, which she shouted. The girl was taken to the bailiffs office. An eyewitness reports this.

The name of the detainee is Nadezhda Shchetinina. A protocol was drawn up against her under the article on failure to comply with the legal requirement of the bailiff (Part 2 of Article 17.3 of the Administrative Code). In the courtroom, the girl shouted the word “shame.” Reports.

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16:50 SOTA - Article 207.3 was added to the Criminal Code in March 2022 - this is how 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