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A Nizhny Novgorod resident with a disability has his house arrest extended in the case of “fake news”
The Moskovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod extended until October 5 the house arrest of Alexei Volsky, who is being prosecuted under the article on military “fakes” (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Kristina Tyurina. Volsky was detained on July 13, and the next day the court sentenced him to house arrest. Despite the fact that the man has a second group disability, the investigator, when choosing a preventive measure, asked to send him to a pre-trial detention center. The reason for criminal prosecution was one post on VKontakte, in which a man condemned Russian military aggression in Ukraine. “Many dead local residents and only devastation. In general, the Russian occupiers and the Russian government itself as a whole are to blame here. They do inhumane things,” Volsky wrote in his publication. The same phrase is present in the indictment. The Nizhny Novgorod regional court approved the decision to extend Volsky’s house arrest. This was reported by the man’s lawyer from OVD-Info, Kristina Tyurina. September 19 - 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 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.