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A case of “fakes” was opened against the chairman of the Chelyabinsk “Voice”. She was searched
A case was opened against the chairwoman of the Chelyabinsk “Voice”, Natalya Guseva, for “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Her home was searched. Her defender Oleg Stepanov told OVD-Info about this.
According to the lawyer, the case was opened against the woman because of posts on Odnoklassniki about military operations in Mariupol and Kharkov. Now Guseva, together with her defense lawyer, are in the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the city of Zlatoust.
Also, a search in the case of the chairman of the Chelyabinsk “Voice” of a local activist and co-organizer of the project “YouNeOdin74” Ildar Baimuratov. He is involved in the case as a witness.
In May, a trial was held in Zlatoust for Natalya Guseva for 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of two anti-war posts on Odnoklassniki. The publications on Guseva’s page talked about the need to stop the war and withdraw troops from the occupied territories, as well as about the 59 children who were held in the basement of the village of Yagodnoye by Russian soldiers.
fined After interrogation, Guseva was released without preventive measures, telegram channel “Chelyabinsk of the Future.”
19:00 reports The case in which investigative actions took place was opened on June 8. The investigation considered the posts on Odnoklassniki to be “fake”, as well as the commentary about Russian troops committing “crimes against the civilian population on the territory of Ukraine, including on March 16, 2022.”
The Telegram channel quotes an expert opinion: “The user’s publication <...> contains the following information about the activities of government bodies of the Russian Federation: 1) the current President of the Russian Federation ordered the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to drop a bomb on the Mariupol Drama Theater; 2) the current President of the Russian Federation ordered a bomb to be dropped on the drama theater, as he decided to take revenge on the people of Mariupol for digging trenches in 2014 to escape Russian tanks.”
shelling of the drama theater in Mariupol
- Today, August 17, throughout Russia, searches were conducted at the homes of Golos activists and participants in the case of organizing the work of an undesirable NGO (Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code), which was brought against the co-chairman of the movement Grigory Melkonyants and the coordinator of the movement Vladimir Egorov. are taking place - 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 650 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) in 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 the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison.