The ex-head of Kamchatka's "A Just Russia" was fined for an "anti-war case"

On May 18, the Kamchatka Regional Court approved the verdict of the former head of the local branch of A Just Russia, Alexander Kamenyuk, in the case of repeated discrediting of the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). About this on the court's website.

reported on March 15, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky City Court of Kamenyuk fined him in the amount of 450 thousand rubles, and also banned him from administering websites and public pages and posting materials on the Internet for two years.

sentenced Taking into account the time spent by the man in temporary detention centers and pre-trial detention centers, under house arrest and under a ban on certain actions, the court commuted the punishment to a fine of 100 thousand rubles. The verdict also states that in order to pay this amount, “a levy was taken on the seized property” - although it is unknown what property was seized from Kamenyuk.

A criminal case against a social activist in June 2022. The reason was two administrative cases under the article on discrediting the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) due to his statements about the war in Ukraine on his Instagram page. According to the first protocol, he was fined 50 thousand rubles, according to the second - 40 thousand rubles. On the court's website, there are two episodes in the case.

initiated reported After his arrest in a criminal case, Kamenyuk was chosen as a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions: he was not allowed to use the Internet or attend public events. However, in November, the man was taken into custody - according to the supervisory authority, he violated the terms of the previous preventive measure and missed meetings with the investigator. In January 2023, the Kamchatka Regional Court issued a preventive measure of house arrest.

sent changed - In 2021, Kamenyuk was searched as part of cases of insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code) and libel (Part 2 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code), initiated because of a video entitled “About the work of the prosecutor’s office of the Kamchatka Territory.” carried out - 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 600 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. turned on