In Tyumen, a verdict was passed on the article about “fake news” about the Russian army

The Tyumen Regional Court sentenced a 23-year-old local resident to six months in a colony settlement under articles about “fake news” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) and on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code). Information about this appeared on the website and.

Investigative Committee of the Court According to the investigation, on April 11, the young man posted on the Internet publications with “fake” information about the actions of the Russian military. Also, the defendant, according to the prosecution, tried to upload a photo to the Immortal Regiment website.

“Nazi criminal” According to a message on the court’s website, the defendant’s name is Eduard Shcherbakov. The court made its decision on July 21 - according to OVD-Info, this is the second verdict in the case of “fakes” in Tyumen. Nothing is known about the case of the first convict, Anton Shamonov, except the very fact of July 20.

sentencing - Article 207.3 to the Criminal Code in March 2022. In this way, the authorities responded to anti-war protests and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison. included - The authorities are persecuting protesters against the invasion of Ukraine not only under the article on “fake news”. We talk about this in detail in ours - at the moment there is information about 198 defendants being persecuted because of their anti-war position. guide