The Abakan City Court received a case of repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code) against 65-year-old Tatyana Korbut. attention to this . drew Mediazona
It is unknown what exactly the woman was charged with. Those who have been brought to justice under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) within one year can be brought to criminal liability under this article.
In May 2022, the same Abakan City Court fined Korbut 15 thousand rubles under this article due to posts on VKontakte. The court ruling published several anti-war quotes, which became the reason for the fine.
“In Motyzhin yesterday, Putin’s bitch shot at a convoy of civilian cars taking out children. 12 cars. Everyone is probably dead. A survivor saw dead children wearing children's crosses. They shot at point blank range. Every car had a children’s sign,” Korbut wrote. In other publications, the woman called the Russian army freaks, Putin’s trash, fascists, murderers and barbarians. “You feed on human flesh, Ukrainian children and women. This is a shameful war. Damn you. I’m Belarusian, but I hate both Putin and Lukashenko,” the pensioner also wrote.
In July 2022, the same court fined Korbut 20 thousand rubles under the article on inciting hatred and enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code). She was charged with reposting and commenting on VKontakte, in which they found “statements containing a negative assessment of a group of people united on the basis of nationality - Russians.”
The woman’s VKontakte account was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office. At the same time, Korbut continues to maintain a page on Odnoklassniki - most likely, the pensioner is not in custody, Mediazona notes. It is unknown what kind of preventive measure was chosen for her.
On January 16, the Abakan City Court returned the case of 65-year-old Tatyana Korbut “according to the jurisdiction” - to the prosecutor or the head of the investigative agency. Information about this appeared in the case file.
- 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 800 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our infographic .
- Article 280.3 (Public actions aimed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the government 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. On March 14, 2023, the State Duma adopted amendments increasing the maximum penalty under this article, since then it has been seven years in prison.