A Kaliningrad resident was sentenced to a fine in the case of justifying terrorism because of a video on VKontakte.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Kaliningrad resident Pavel Pervadchuk to a fine of 420 thousand rubles, finding him guilty of calls for terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). His interests in court were represented by lawyer Maria Bontzler - she informed OVD-Info about the court decision.

Previously, the prosecutor demanded that Pervadchuk be sentenced to six years in prison because the man did not admit his guilt. However, the court took into account mitigating circumstances: the accused has a small son and elderly parents who spoke at the hearing.

According to investigators, a Kaliningrad resident posted a video “Colonel Shendakov: We will take power by force” on VKontakte in 2019. This became the reason for criminal prosecution.

The video contains recordings of speeches by retired army colonel and leftist activist Mikhail Shendakov for the admission of independent candidates to the Moscow City Duma and in support of the communist Pavel Grudinin, which took place in July 2019.

protest rally Criminal case in 2021 - it was initiated by the FSB. The man said that he first walked through it as a witness. He also noted that he did not remember publishing this video on his page.

excited “I didn’t find this entry on my page and sent a request to VK support. It is not known what kind of recording it was, only the key words were announced - “Shendakov” and “We will take power by force.” Whether it was posted and in what capacity, and where it disappeared is unknown. The investigator simply showed screenshots from the case. Based on them, I was not able to identify whether my page is on them,” then Pervadchuk told the publication “Sibir.Realii.”

reported - Criminal cases were also initiated against Colonel Shendakov himself because of videos on YouTube. In February 2021, he was given a two and a half year suspended sentence under articles on inciting hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and public calls for extremism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code). The reason was the video “Surkov promised war to Donbass!”, where, according to investigators, the activist called for violent actions against FSB officers. sentenced - In November of the same year, Shendakov was found guilty of inciting hatred with the threat of violence (clause “a” of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code) because of a video with a call to cut off the balls of security forces. The man received a three-year suspended sentence. appointed