VKontakte blocked the page of the head of the Tatarstan Yabloko

The social network VKontakte blocked the page of the head of the Tatarstan Yabloko, Ruslan Zinatullin, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office. The party's telegram channel is about this.

. 7x7 reports that since the beginning of the war, the social network has blocked the accounts of at least four other Yabloko members At the same time, page owners are not explained what materials became the basis for blocking. Thus, the ex-head of Yabloko, Emilia Slabunova, whose page was published on March 27, was unable to find out the reason even through the court.

adds were blocked that on March 17, Zinatullin and other Kazan activists with searches as part of a criminal case of inciting mass riots (Part 1.1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, an unnamed participant in the chat “Protest Chat. Kazan” wrote in a telegram that they need to purchase megaphones and means of armed resistance to government officials. This became the reason for initiating a case.

came Zinatullin's status in the case is unknown. On October 6, he challenged the decision to conduct a search; the Supreme Court of Tatarstan submitted the case materials for review.

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