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Dmitry Ivanov's letters from the pre-trial detention center are not being passed under the pretext of censorship
Letters from Dmitry Ivanov, accused of “fake news” about the Russian army (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) from the Moscow pre-trial detention center “Vodnik”, do not reach recipients under the pretext of not passing censorship. This is what the prisoner support channel is about.
reports The Support Group is aware of at least nine cases when Ivanov’s replies or outgoing letters were not censored and for this reason were not delivered to the recipients. Since February 13, there are no known cases of outgoing messages being censored.
Ivanov conveyed through his lawyer Maria Eismont that he wrote a statement addressed to the head of the pre-trial detention center with a request to explain the reason for the censorship. He suggests that the letters are defective due to a change in the censor in the isolation ward.
For its part, the support group plans to file a complaint against the censor’s actions.
23-year-old Ivanov in June 2022 - at that moment he was supposed to have 25 days of administrative arrest under the article on repeated violation of the procedure for holding an action (Part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The next day, his trial in a pre-trial detention center.
detained ended sent The reason for initiating the case was publications in the telegram channel “Protest MSU”: they talk about Russian attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and on cities in Ukraine, about the losses of Russian aviation in the war and tragedies in Bucha and Irpen, and there is also a post , where “special operation” is called war. In August, the activist's case went to court.
received - Since February 24 - the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war protests every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 440 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. guide - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - this is how the authorities 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 this article is 15 years in prison.