A case of “fake news” was opened against the ex-co-chairman of the Samara branch of PARNAS due to posts on VK

The case of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against the ex-co-chairman of the Samara branch Andrei Balin was opened due to six posts on VKontakte on the topic of the war in Ukraine , published between March 12 and April 4. Balin himself told OVD-Info about this. Actually September 1st.

PARNAS became aware of the case of “fake news” about the Russian army. The Investigative Committee of the Samara Region opened the case on June 10. After 10 days, the security forces reclassified the case as . Balin became a suspect in this case on July 16.

paragraph “e” of the second part of the article On July 20, the opposition politician was given a written undertaking not to leave as a preventive measure. On the same day, the security forces brought charges against Balin, but the politician received the final text of the charges only on August 3. The case has already been submitted to the Central District Court of Tolyatti.

The oppositionist was also persecuted in administrative cases. On July 19, the Samara Regional Court issued a decision from the Central District Court of Tolyatti on a fine of 30 thousand rubles under the article on calls for the introduction of restrictive measures against Russians (Article 20.3.4 of the Administrative Code). The case against Balin was initiated due to other posts on social networks about the imposition of sanctions against Russian officials.

approved Also, an administrative case was initiated against Balin under the article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). On May 12, the same court awarded the politician 35 thousand rubles because of a post on VKontakte. The case materials do not mention which publication in question.

fined Earlier, the name of Andrei Balin was incorrectly indicated in the news. - On September 8, 2014, the Central District Court of Tolyatti assigned Andrey Balin 100 hours of compulsory work in the case of inciting hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). The politician was charged with this article twice. The reason for the case was publications on Facebook, in one of which the politician wrote that industrial production is “the lot of blacks, Chinese and Kazakhstanis, not white people.” In the verdict, the post was quoted differently: in it, the security forces replaced Kazakhs with Kazakhs, and the Chinese with Hans. - On June 30, 2016, Balin’s apartment was searched on charges of inciting hatred (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) because of a Facebook post dated July 15, 2015 about employees of state security agencies. passed - 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 220 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.

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