The court awarded compensation to a teacher from Barnaul who was fired from a medical college after being fined for “discrediting” the army

The Altai Regional Court awarded compensation of 10 thousand rubles to philosophy and history teacher Alexei Argunov, who was fired after being fined for “discrediting” the army. about this He himself told Amic.ru .

In July 2022, 48-year-old Argunov was fined 30 thousand rubles because he liked two posts on Odnoklassniki (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). The first was a video of Arnold Schwarzenegger about the war in Ukraine, and the second was a story about someone else’s fine under the article of “discredit.”

In Odnoklassniki, posts that they have liked are displayed on users’ pages.

On August 31, Argunov was fired from the Barnaul Basic Medical College. This was explained by his absenteeism on August 30 and 31. The teacher himself said that he did not come on August 30 because he had a knee injury. On August 31, he was in court, where he appealed his fine for “discrediting.” He warned the manager about both cases.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Barnaul agreed with the teacher’s arguments and declared the dismissal order illegal. The college was obliged to change the wording in his work book to dismiss at his own request, as well as pay a salary for the downtime, 88 thousand rubles, and compensation of 20 thousand rubles.

The regional court considered that the claims of the college management due to the absence on August 30 were justified. Because of this, the teacher was left with only compensation for moral damage, the amount of which was halved. Argunov clarified to Amic.ru that he did not find a new job after his dismissal and is now working as a tutor.