Employees of the pre-trial detention center in Komi cut up the contents of the package to a defendant in the “anti-war case”

FSIN employees cut up the contents of the transmission intended for former history teacher Nikita Tushkanov, who is in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Syktyvkar because of anti-war statements. This is what the men's support group is about.

reports on March 1, relatives gave Tushkanov fruits, vegetables and a new jacket. In a letter that came to them the next day, he said that the staff of the institution cut the food into small pieces (which makes it spoil quickly) and also cut up the jacket. According to members of the support group, in this way they are trying to persuade the former teacher to cooperate with the investigation.

In December 2022, Tushkanov faced a criminal case under articles on justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). The reason for this was his comments criticizing the annexation of Crimea, as well as a post about the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. Then a search was carried out in the house of the former teacher, and he himself was in a pre-trial detention center.

initiated sent - Investigator Tushkanov and his girlfriend Alexandra Kochanova to conclude a marriage, since the latter was interrogated as a witness in the case. In early March, the court recognized this decision as legal. refuses - on January 23, 2021, when rallies in support of Navalny were taking place in Russia, Tushkanov went out onto the street with a picket for freedom of speech. After this, the school began to put pressure on him. In March of the same year, he was convicted of “committing an immoral offense.” The court made the dismissal legal. fired admitted - Since February 24, 2022 - the first day of the full-scale invasion of 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 450 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.

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