A defendant in the “anti-war case” was charged in Nizhny Novgorod

In Nizhny Novgorod, photographer and teacher Ilya Myaskovsky was charged under the article on repeated discrediting of the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Alexey Matasov, who represents the interests of the Nizhny Novgorod resident.

A criminal case was opened against Myaskovsky due to publications in the VKontakte community about anti-war actions, graffiti, and the laying of flowers at the site of the journalist’s self-immolation.

Irina Slavina On October 4, security forces inspected the home of Myaskovsky and two other residents of the Nizhny Novgorod region. As part of the investigation, they also planned to conduct an inspection in the house of left-wing blogger Andrei Rudoy, ​​but he refused. Myaskovsky was detained later, on October 5, for three days under the article of disobedience to the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code) due to the fact that he allegedly did not identify himself as a police officer who came to conduct an inspection.

came and were arrested. After Myaskovsky served his administrative arrest, the court prohibited him from certain actions as a preventive measure.

appointed - 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 310 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. guide - Article 280.3 (Public actions aimed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the government 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 the article is five years in prison. turned on