A psychologist from Novosibirsk was sentenced to correctional labor in the case of military “fakes”

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Novosibirsk imposed nine months of correctional labor on psychologist and activist Irina Tolmacheva under the article on military “fakes” (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by her lawyer Elena Chirkina.

10% of Tolmacheva’s salary during correctional labor will be withheld in favor of the state. The prosecutor gave the girl 10 months of this sentence.

requested If Tolmachev's sentence comes into force, according to Art. 331 of the Labor Code, will not be able to work with children and in various children's institutions - she previously worked as a psychologist at school for five years and was a member of the Teachers' Alliance. She emphasized that she would then lose her sources of income.

worked A criminal case against the psychologist was opened in March 2022; The reason for the persecution was a comment on Instagram on the page of Novosibirsk City Council deputy Sergei Boyko. “There was something like that the Ministry of Defense does not recognize all the deaths of our military that actually exist,” OVD-Info activist.

told According to the girl, she wrote a comment on March 3, the day before the law on “fake news” about the Russian army came into force. At the same time, the prosecutor pointed out that Tolmacheva wrote it on March 4, when the law was already .

The girl’s guilt came into force ; she was given a preventive measure in the form of a written undertaking not to leave the place. In September 2022, the Oktyabrsky Court sent the activist’s criminal case to the prosecutor’s office: the court noticed that the investigation did not indicate the exact time the comment was written and the difference in time zones between Moscow and Novosibirsk. The judge stressed that this does not allow him to pronounce a sentence or make a different decision in the case. However, in December the criminal case was again submitted to the same court.

admitted returned - 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 infographic - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was added to 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 a war that did not originate from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison. turned on