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A case was opened against politician Ilya Yashin under an article about “fakes” about the Russian army
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against politician Ilya Yashin under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Lawyer Vadim Prokhorov talks about this on Facebook.
wrote He noted that a search had begun at Yashin’s house, Prokhorov and a lawyer from OVD-Info, Mikhail Biryukov, were going there. The politician himself is now in a special detention center, where he is serving 15 days of arrest in the case of disobedience to the police (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code).
Yashin on the evening of June 27 during a walk in the park. The politician was taken to the Luzhniki police station, where he was left overnight. The lawyer was not allowed to see Yashin.
detained In the case materials, Yashin “being in close proximity” to the police officers “began to insult them and curse dirtyly,” and in response to attempts to reason with him, “he began to grab them by their uniforms, pushed the sergeant and warrant officer, and in every possible way provoked a fight.” On June 28, the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow sentenced the oppositionist to 15 days under the article of disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code).
says arrested Earlier, four protocols were drawn up against Yashin to discredit the Russian Army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) due to posts on social networks. For three of them, it is already worth a total of 90 thousand rubles. Among the publications for which the politician was prosecuted was a photo from the Vietnam War with a girl protesting holding a sign with the inscription “Bombimg for peace is like fucking for virginity.”
fined The politician responded to the protocols this way: “As far as I understand, I face a large fine and, in the future, criminal prosecution. Well, my position is simple. I won’t run and hide from anyone, I won’t go back on my words. I oppose the war because I am a Russian patriot. And the army is discredited, from my point of view, by those who unleashed this criminal massacre.”
The case against Yashin was opened under paragraph “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code due to the fact that on April 7 the politician spoke live on his YouTube channel about the killing of civilians in Bucha. Point “d” of this article involves the dissemination of “fake news” about the Russian army for political or hate reasons.
21:11 another Ilya Yashin was taken out of the house after a search along the fire escape. The search is over, Mediazona correspondent.
21:52 reports Ilya Yashin was brought to the Main Investigation Department. The politician will be charged on July 13. In the afternoon, in the Basmanny court there will be a meeting to select a preventive measure for him, lawyer Mikhail Biryukov.
22:58 reports - Under similar circumstances, a case was opened against the politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. On April 11, he was near his own home and a report was drawn up on disobedience to the legal demands of police officers (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code). He was accused of “behaving inappropriately at the sight of police officers, changing his trajectory, accelerating his pace, and attempting to escape when asked to stop.” The next day, Kara-Murza trial for 15 days. On April 22, a case was opened against the politician for disseminating “fakes” about the Russian armed forces. The reason for the criminal prosecution was his speech in the House of Representatives of the US state of Arizona. Kara-Murza court in custody. detained arrested became known placed - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) in 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 does not come from official sources Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.
included - 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 180 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.