Another criminal case was opened against the founder of Conflict Intelligence Team regarding military “fakes”

In Moscow, the Investigative Committee opened a second criminal case about military “fakes” against the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative project Ruslan Leviev (Karpuk according to his passport). He tweeted about this and published a photo of the resolution.

wrote The reason for the persecution was a live broadcast on March 9, 2022 on the YouTube channel “Popular Politics”, where Leviev spoke about the Russian airstrike on a hospital in Mariupol. The investigation believes that in this way he spread “fakes” about the Russian army based on hatred (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

Leviev is located outside of Russia. In 2022, a criminal case was filed against him and blogger Michael Naki for “fakes”, with the aggravating circumstance of artificially creating evidence for the accusation (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).

initiated The reason for the persecution was the broadcast “War. Results of the ninth day”, published on Naki’s YouTube channel. In it, Leviev discussed with the presenter the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The bloggers, according to the accusation, inserted video clips into the video that were supposed to show that the Russian army was destroying cities and civilians. Levieva and Naki in absentia.

arrested - Conflict Intelligence Team, created by Leviev in 2014, investigates military conflicts using open sources. The founder of the project, together with Naki, regularly publish news reports of what is happening during the war in Ukraine. - Since February 24—the first day of the war in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to 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