On July 18, the Anapa City Court acquitted local resident Asiya Sharafutdinova, against whom a report was drawn up for “discrediting” the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) after a denunciation by her neighbors. This is stated attention to it . drew in the court decision, and the Caucasian Knot
According to the resolution, on June 22 in Anapa, local residents had a fight over the installation of a gate in the fence that separates their houses. Residents of one house insisted that the gate would constantly knock under the windows and its installation would create “unbearable living conditions.” Sharafutdinova, being the eldest in this house, went to figure out what was happening.
During the dispute, three women from a neighboring house, who were in favor of installing a gate, referred to the support of the military. “This is the land of the Ministry of Defense, we do what we want,” said one participant in the quarrel. Her neighbor supported her: “We are military wives, our husbands are covering your asses in Ukraine.” Sharafutdinova herself presented this version of the conflict in court; her words were confirmed by several witnesses.
The military wives, in turn, insisted that during the quarrel Sharafutdinova “discredited” the army. As it turned out in court, because of a fight in the yard, someone called the police, and the women wrote a statement against their rival, attributing to her the following words: “Your military personnel are crap. The families of Russian military personnel are finished. Don’t shed tears, the special operation is also over.” Two days later, a protocol was drawn up against Sharafutdinova to “discredit” the army.
In court, the woman clarified that she and her husband are retired military men, so “to insult the military and the special operation is tantamount to insulting yourself.” The judge was not convinced by the contradictory testimony of the neighbors, and she dismissed the administrative case against Sharafutdinova.