The chairman of the Vologda Yabloko party was banned from certain actions in an “anti-war” case

On June 11, the Veliky Ustyug District Court appointed an indefinite ban on certain actions to the chairman of the Vologda Yabloko, Nikolai Egorov, as part of the case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Sergei Tikhonov, who is involved in the case.

The man was banned from using the Internet and telephone. The investigator demanded that Egorov be restricted until July 3, but the judge made the ban indefinite.

About the case against Egorov on May 3. Then special forces, together with local police and representatives of Center “E”, conducted a search in the man’s house, after which he was taken away in handcuffs for interrogation. Initially, Egorov was released on his own recognizance.

it became known Later it turned out that the case was opened because of four anti-war posts on his VKontakte page. In 2022, the politician was fined three times under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for a total of 110 thousand rubles. According to the resolutions, during the meetings Yegorov did not agree that he had discredited the army, referring to Article 29 of the Constitution, which guarantees citizens freedom of speech.

published on May 5, the security forces also searched the office of the company led by Egorov. They confiscated the equipment and dismantled the ceiling.

arrived The news has been changed: we previously wrote that the ban was scheduled until July 3. The Vologda Regional Court upheld the preventive measure against Nikolai Egorov - he will remain under an indefinite ban on certain actions. The man’s interests are represented by lawyer Sergei Novikov, who works with OVD-Info.

June 23 - Since February 24, 2022 - the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been holding 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 550 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. infographic - 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. On March 14, 2023, the State Duma amended the maximum penalty under this article, since then it has been seven years in prison. turned on accepted