A case was opened against a Ukrainian citizen for repeated discrediting of the army due to statements about the war.

A criminal case was opened against Ukrainian citizen Alexander Vdovichenko, who is in a pre-trial detention center on charges of attempted murder, under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The ASTRA telegram channel is about this.

reports According to ASTRA, the case was opened on December 7. The reason for the criminal prosecution was the condemnation of the war in Ukraine during a private conversation in an apartment in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with his acquaintances from Russia. Later they wrote a denunciation against the man because he “condemned the Russian aggression against Ukraine and expressed support for the military of the Azov battalion.” The publication clarifies that Vdovichenko has been living in Russia since 2013.

A criminal case under Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code can be opened against those who have been prosecuted at least once under a similar administrative article on discrediting the Russian military (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) during the year.

On June 29, the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk court fined a man 30 thousand rubles under this article because of a comment on the news agency website. In the text of the publication, he condemned the actions of the Russian Federation.

Sakh.com - 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 (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