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A criminal case about repeated discrediting of the army against a resident of Tula was brought to court
The materials of the criminal case against local resident Andrei Pavlov, who is accused of repeatedly discrediting the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), were transferred to the Central District Court of Tula. Yulia Tregubova, a lawyer from OVD-Info, who represents his interests, spoke about this.
Pavlov was charged in the final version. According to the investigation, the man posted seven publications on his VKontakte page criticizing the war in Ukraine, and on July 29 he went to Lenin Square with a poster “No ***! No**r! HI ***ni.”
About the criminal case against Pavlov in early August. On August 1, a search was carried out in the suspect’s apartment, during which a system unit, three phones and SIM cards were seized. As a preventive measure, Pavlov was given an obligation to appear.
it became known in September, the court of Pavlov, who was diagnosed with a second disability group, was sent for a psychiatric examination to the Tula Regional Psychiatric Hospital named after. Kameneva. The investigation requested this.
sent a man at the end of March for 40 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to the fact that he attached the flag of Ukraine, the inscription “Putin stop war” and red and black to his jacket a flag designated in the court ruling as the “Cossack protest banner.”
fined - 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 360 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 to 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 did not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under the article is five years in prison.