A resident of Chukotka who sent a portrait of Hitler in a messenger was sentenced to four years in prison

The Chukotka District Court sentenced a 31-year-old resident of the city of Pevek to four years in a penal colony for sending a photograph of Adolf Hitler during an exchange of congratulations on Victory Day. Information about this is on the prosecutor's office website.

appeared According to the report, a man published a portrait of Hitler with text “justifying war crimes committed by the Nazis during the Second World War” in public groups of a popular messenger.

In addition, a resident of Pevek allegedly illegally entered the apartment, where he held three people with violence, depriving them of freedom of movement and the opportunity to seek help.

“Mediazona” pays attention to the fact that Roman Koemets is on the court card as a defendant in this case. The man was found guilty of two episodes of rehabilitation of Nazism using the Internet (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code, Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), as well as under articles on violation of the inviolability of the home (Part 1 of Article 139 of the Criminal Code ) and unlawful deprivation of a person’s liberty (paragraphs “e” and “g”, part 2 of article 127 of the Criminal Code). The defendant himself did not admit guilt.

addressed indicated - After the start of the war with Ukraine, the number of cases under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) increased sharply - presumably, the security forces use this article to put pressure on those who could potentially oppose the “special operation” in Ukraine and its “denazification” . According to the SOVA Information and Analytical Center, many cases under Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code are initiated unlawfully and should be qualified under other articles of the Criminal Code or resolved within the framework of civil rather than criminal proceedings. opinion