Victoria Petrova, accused of spreading “fake news” about the army, had her arrest extended until September 23

The Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg extended the preventive measure for the defendant in the “anti-war case” Victoria Petrova - the girl will remain in pre-trial detention until at least September 23. About this SOTAvision.

writes: At the meeting, the defense added 53 guarantees for Petrova to the case, and also asked the court to change her preventive measure to house arrest.

“We asked to release Vika on bail of 1 million rubles and to assign my apartment as her place of residence. However, the court considered that this was not enough, since Vika allegedly had nowhere to live in St. Petersburg. The court decided not to explain why my apartment cannot be her place of residence,” said lawyer Anastasia Pilipenko.

The activist is accused under the article about “fakes” about the Russian army, spread on the grounds of political hatred (clause “d”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The case against her began in early May due to a video on VKontakte dedicated to the war in Ukraine. Investigators claim that the content of the video contradicts information from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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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 200 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 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - this is how 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 Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison. turned on