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Mundep Nodari Khananashvili was fined under the article on displaying extremist symbols
Khananashvili will not be able to take part in the upcoming municipal elections due to a repost made in May 2021.
On July 6, 2022, the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow fined Nodari Khananashvili, a municipal deputy in the Akademichesky district, a thousand rubles under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 (propaganda or demonstration of the symbols of extremist organizations). The protocol against Khananashvili was drawn up at the beginning of the month. The reason for the persecution of the mundep was a repost of an image with an Easter egg with the letter "H" superimposed on it - the symbolism of Navalny's headquarters, made by Khananashvili in May 2021.
The decision to ban Navalny's headquarters, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and the Citizens' Rights Protection Foundation (FZPG) entered into force on August 4, 2021. In our opinion, there were no legal grounds for banning Navalny's organizations as extremist and, accordingly, we consider it unlawful to be persecuted for displaying their symbols.
Note that in recent weeks, protocols under Part 1 of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses was drawn up in relation to several Muscovites, including municipal deputies and citizens who declared their intention to participate in municipal elections. Recall that the persons prosecuted under Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, are deprived of the right to be elected for a one-year period, counted from the moment the decision on an administrative offense was executed.
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