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The courts seized the property of four accused under the article on “fake news” about the Russian army
The courts began to seize the property of the accused under the article on the dissemination of knowingly false information about the activities of the Russian armed forces (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) at the request of the investigation. The head of Agora, Pavel Chikov, says that there are already four such cases.
reported Chikov points out that the Criminal Procedure Code allows the property of the accused to be seized to secure a sentence in terms of collecting a fine, and the second part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code allows for punishment in the form of a fine of three to five million rubles.
The human rights activist also clarified that all four defendants, whose property was seized, are outside Russia, and they were charged in absentia.
Earlier, the publication Agentura.ru reported on the arrest of the accounts of the chief editor and founder of the project, Andrei Soldatov: his accounts in Russian banks were arrested in connection with.
The journalist said that he does not know under what article the case was opened, but noted that his number is only a few digits different from the case number of journalists Michael Naki and Ruslan Leviev, who are accused under Part 2 of Art. 207.3 CC. Chikov suggested that a case was opened against Soldatov under the same article.
During an interview with the Breakfast Show, lawyer Pavel Chikov named the names of two defendants in cases of “fakes” about the Russian army, whose accounts were seized: in addition to Andrei Soldatov, property was seized from journalists Michael Naki and Ruslan Leviev.
On June 8 he clarified - In March, a criminal case about “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was against journalists Michael Naki, as well as the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team, Ruslan Leviev (according to his passport - Karpuk). A court in Moscow arrested them in absentia. Leviev and Naki have been jointly publishing reports of military operations since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. aroused - Since February 24 - the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 160 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.
guide - 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