The investigator brought new charges against 35-year-old Muscovite Solim Kamina, against whom a criminal case was opened due to a post about a Russian missile strike on a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Uman. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Natalia Tikhonova.
Initially, Kamin was accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred or enmity (clause “e”, part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).
Now he has also been charged with calls on the Internet to carry out activities directed against the security of the state, motivated by political hatred (clauses “c”, “d”, part 2 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code).
The reason for the new accusation was the publication on VKontakte of an image with contacts of the Ukrainian project “I Want to Live,” which helps the Russian military surrender. According to investigators, Kamina “called to surrender, thereby calling on military personnel to commit a crime under Article 275 of the Criminal Code.”
Kamina was detained on October 7, 2024. Then, early in the morning, security forces came to his home with a search. Moskvich said that they beat him and used a stun gun. The next day he was sent to a pre-trial detention center. There he suffered from Quincke's edema due to an allergy, but with the help of medications it was managed to be removed. At the beginning of his imprisonment, Kamin was placed in a punishment cell, but then returned to a general cell.
“I had a need not to remain silent, because I did not want to be an accomplice to the crimes. I was angry at the aggression of pro-Russian publics. I wanted to convey the truth to some part of the population,” wrote Kamina OVD-Info from the pre-trial detention center.
OVD-Info told in detail how Solim Kamina went from the role of the main Pushkin of Moscow to a political prisoner and what his criminal case is based on.
- 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.
- At the moment, more than 1,100 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our infographic .