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A resident of Naberezhnye Chelny was sentenced to six months of correctional labor in the case of “military fakes”
The Naberezhnye Chelny City Court sentenced local resident Marat Yagudin to six months of correctional labor with the withholding of 5% of his salary in favor of the state in the case of “fake news” about the army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Information about this is on the court's website.
published The verdict was handed down on July 13. The case was opened against the man due to comments published on VKontakte on March 19 and May 18, 2022. Yagudin admitted his guilt and stated that at the time of publication of the comments he did not agree with the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine and decided to express his dissatisfaction in this way.
The man repented of his actions and published a public apology as advertisements in three issues of the city newspaper, and also transferred five thousand rubles to a charity fund for children with leukemia.
During the consideration of the case, Yagudin was under recognizance not to leave the place.
- 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 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 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) into the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities 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 this article is 15 years in prison.