A resident of the Orenburg region was fined 200 thousand rubles for a comment “addressed to the police”

On October 25, the Sorochinsky District Court of the Orenburg Region fined local resident Alexander Lyalyukov 200,000 rubles under the article on inciting hatred or enmity (Part 1, Article 282 of the Criminal Code). The file of the case is to it . drew attention on the website of the court, the Information and Analytical Center "Sova"

The reason for the persecution of the man was a negative comment “to the police” on VKontakte. What exactly he wrote is unknown.

On December 21, the Orenburg Regional Court considered the appeal against the verdict, leaving it unchanged.

On August 5, the Sorochinsky court fined Lyalyukov under the administrative article on inciting hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), notes SOVA . Then he was found guilty of inciting hatred towards the representatives of the peoples of the Caucasus because of the comment to the entry "I'm 31, I live in Lipetsk, I'm looking for a girl for s / o 25-32." The man pleaded guilty.

• The Information and Analytical Center “Sova” considers the persecution under articles on inciting hatred towards the security forces unlawful. Analysts draw attention to the position of the ECHR - according to it, law enforcement agencies should be tolerant of criticism if it is not a real threat of violence.