On November 3, the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg received a case against Alferov University graduate student Vladimir Mironov about broken windows and anti-war graffiti on the facade of the district military registration and enlistment office. The case file appeared on the court’s website; The SOVA Research Center drew attention to it.
Mironov was detained on February 26. The student is charged with charges of hooliganism (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code) and of discrediting the Russian army with causing damage (Part 2 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). Since February 28, Vladimir Mironov has been in pre-trial detention center. Earlier it was reported that he was charged with Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code - repeated discrediting of the Russian army.
- 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 750 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our guide .
- 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.
- According to the case file on the website of the Kuibyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Mironov was fined under the article of discredit on January 12. The joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg told OVD-Info that Mironov had another administrative case under this article: he was found guilty and fined on October 31, 2022.