The alleged administrator of a telegram channel covering the war in Ukraine was detained in Moscow

The capital's security forces detained engineer Andrei Kurshin, the alleged administrator of the Moscow Calling telegram channel covering the war in Ukraine. Telegram channels “” and .

112 Shot The man was met at the Leningradsky station in Moscow. According to published information, a criminal case was opened against Kurshin for disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). It is unknown what exactly Kurshin is charged with. The Moscow Calling telegram channel, which has 86 thousand subscribers, regularly contains information about the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine and retaliatory strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In the near future, they are going to choose a preventive measure for Kurshin. As Shot writes, Kurshin works as an engineer at NPO RIF, which produces software for the Russian army’s weapons. The man has a second form of access to state secrets.

On September 1 , TASS reported that the administrator of the Moscow Calling telegram channel, Andrei Kurshin, admitted guilt “of discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.” At the same time, Kurshin is charged with an article about “fake news” about the army (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). writes , published in the man’s telegram channel last fall. Mediazona talks about this with reference to lawyer Sergei Balashov.

The reason for the persecution of Kurshin was two posts, writes One of the posts was dedicated to a missile attack on a dam on a reservoir near Krivoy Rog, and the second to the shelling of a maternity hospital in the Zaporozhye region.

• The publication "Important Stories" that in 2014 Andrei Kurshin fought on the side of the self-proclaimed "DPR" and had the call sign "Moscow". Later, he allegedly took a more moderate position and created the Moscow Calling telegram channel, in which he analyzes the mistakes of both the Russian and Ukrainian military commands. writes - 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. turned on