On October 5, the Maikop City Court extended the detention of local resident Tatyana Moskalenko by two months, who is accused of calling for activities against state security on the Internet (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code) because of a video against mobilization . Volunteers corresponding with political prisoners told OVD-Info about this. Information about the extension is also available on the court's website.
In a letter to volunteers, the woman said that she was charged with a video that “leads to the Duma, to the deputies.”
The case against Moskalenko became known at the end of August, and on August 18 she was sent to a pre-trial detention center. According to the security forces, the woman on a social network called for protests against the war in Ukraine, disrupting “mobilization enterprises” and obstructing the work of military registration and enlistment offices.
Moskalenko is a supporter of Citizens of the USSR .
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- After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments. The list of articles under which those who oppose the war are prosecuted is quite wide. Those involved in “anti-war cases” are often charged with hooliganism, vandalism, violence against government officials, and other violations. A significant element of pressure was also the articles introduced into the Criminal Code after the outbreak of hostilities - the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army and discrediting the armed forces.