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The court fined Petersburger three times for "extremism" in the photographs of Navalny. Antiophy became instructions
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The Petrograd District Court in St. Petersburg examined three administrative cases against a resident of St. Petersburg, having finished it three times by 2 thousand rubles under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for the “public demonstration of attributes and symbols of extremist organizations”.
In all cases, “extremist paraphernalia and symbols” were recognized as photographs of Alexei Navalny with texts dedicated to his memory (the texts of the court did not cause complaints).
Recall that in the spring of 2024 the photograph, the name and surname of Navalny were already recognized by the court (though not Petersburg, but the Murmansk) "propaganda of attributes and a symbol of an extremist organization."
This is undoubtedly a new word in jurisprudence. And very dangerous - from the point of view of creating a precedent.
... The protocols of administrative violation were drawn up for the fact that the Petersburger three times in October 2024 came to the Solovetsky stone on Troitskaya Square (a traditional place for commemoration of victims of political repression), leaving in memory of bulk flowers and his photographs with different inscriptions: “Hero of our time of our time "," Lesha is our hero! A simple idea through the cold and the punishment cell carried, here it is in a nutshell: do not lie! Do not be afraid! ”...
It would seem where extremism is here? But the watchful eye of the "authorized official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Petrograd district of St. Petersburg" saw him. Before that, some “caring citizens” carefully reported to the police that someone brought photos and flowers to the Solovetsky stone. The police with the use of surveillance cameras conducted an audit, identified the “suspect”, detained, delivered, and “tinted” ...
In all three protocols on an administrative offense and in all three decisions of the Petrograd court (in the indictment, in fact, reproducing these protocols), one and the same thing is written.
That “by the decision of the Moscow City Court of June 9, 2021, the non -profit organization“ Foundation for the Trege of Corruption ”**, the non -profit organization“ Fund for Protection of the Rights of Citizens ”**, the public movement“ The headquarters of Navalny ”** recognized as extremist organizations, their activities in the Russian Federation in the Russian Federation Forbidden. "
That “the name and surname -“ Alexei Navalny ”, like his image, has a perception established in society as an attribute of organizations“ Fund for Combating Corruption ”,“ The Fund for Protection of the Rights of Citizens ”, the movement“ Navalny’s headquarters ”, the founder and leader and leader of which He was during his lifetime that are recognized as extremist. ”
That the "surname" Navalny "is contained in the name of the" headquarters of Navalny ", which is recognized as extremist by the court and its activities are prohibited."
That "by the paraphernalia and symbols of extremist organizations should be understood as the paraphernalia and symbolism that were used by such organizations to individualize and position themselves in society, to promote the goals and objectives of such organizations."
Since so, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the court of Navalny with the texts believe is the “public demonstration of attributes and symbols of the above extremist organizations”, since it “leads to the promotion and dissemination of materials and information that substantiates or justifies the need to carry out such activities.”
In complaints sent to the St. Petersburg City Court to all three in the logic of the decision of the Petrograd District Court, the findings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the court are called "unreasonable, moreover-absurd."
To begin with, the simplest thing: even from the case materials it follows that the name and surname “Alexey Navalny” “violator” ... were not used!
In one case, she used the word "hero", in the other - "Lesha". None of these words are definitely listed in the register of prohibited in Russia ...
Now on the merits: the fact that the photo of Navalny, his surname and name are considered by the court as the symbols and paraphernalia of organizations that are recognized as extremist and prohibited directly contradicts the federal law No. 114-ФЗ “On Combating Extremist Activities”.
Because it says: the symbols of the organization’s extremist mean “symbolism, the description of which is contained in the constituent documents of the organization.”
The fact that the photograph and the name of Navalny be indicated in the constituent documents of the listed organizations precisely as elements of their symbolism, nothing is known (and no evidence of this was submitted to the court).
As indicated in the complaint about the decision of the Petrograd court, “in the usual sense of this term”, attributes are understood as a set of external signs, attributes, which usually include emblems, badges, coats of arms, stripes, flags, elements of clothing, which in relation to a particular organization allow Clearly identify its members, participants or the events organized by her.
So, for example, a universally recognized attribute of the All -Union Pioneer Organization. V.I. Lenin was a red tie, and an attribute of the Zenit football club-a scarf of blue-white-blue color.
Equating the surname, name and image of an individual to the paraphernalia of a public organization, as stated in the complaint, “certainly testifies to the irresistible imagination of officials who initiated the initiation of proceedings in the case of an administrative offense, which, unfortunately, found its understanding of the court” .
The approval of the court that the name and surname Alexei Navalny, like his image, have the perception of the corresponding extremist organizations that have been established in society as an attribute, are unfounded and do not contain at least a minimum legal and factual substantiation.
The surname and name of the citizen serve exclusively for the individualization of an individual, the acquisition of relevant rights and obligations to them. In the same way, the image of a citizen, including his photographs, protected as an object of civil rights, has never previously been considered as a means of individualization or attribute of a non -profit organization.
And also, as noted in the complaint, “the legislator has not been introduced a clear, unambiguous, clear to any citizen a ban on the use of the surname, name and image of the public figure A.A. Navalny, as well as on the statement of sorrow and sympathy in connection with his death. ”
And in this regard, the initiation of the proceedings in the case of an administrative offense and the issuance of a court decision may well be prohibited by the prohibition of mentioning the so -called non -existent persons (“NELIC”) in the novel by George Orwell 1984.
“Familiarization with the protocol and the text of the court ruling causes only such sad associations,” the complaint sent to the city court said ...
Indeed, calls.
Recall that as a “nonsense” in Orwell, people who were crossed out by representatives of the authorities from the history continuously corrected by them were designated.
The hero of 1984 Winston Smith works in the “Ministry of Truth”, and his duty is to “change, or, in the official language, to clarify” newspaper articles and messages.
“Every day and almost every minute the past was driven to the present. Therefore, documents could confirm the fidelity of any prediction of the party; Not a single news, nor a single opinion contrary to the needs of the day existed in the records. The story, as an old parchment, was scribbled completely and wrote again - as many times as necessary. And there was no way to prove then a fake. ”
So, one of the tasks received by Winston is to amend the article “Times”, where “the order of the older brother around the country is extremely unsatisfactory: non -existent persons are mentioned” ...
Almost the same, we note, but not in the Orwell novel, but in the Soviet reality of the 30s and 40s of the XX century “deleted” those who were declared “enemies of the people” from encyclopedias and textbooks.
The first of the three indicated judicial decisions, the St. Petersburg City Court, as they say, had been scored.
Ignoring the above arguments about its illegality and absurdity.
True, questions arise: how to be Navalny’s namesake now? Or close relatives? Urgently change your last name?
Do they recognize as “extremist attributes” a monument on its grave?
What to do with his past references, and not only in the media, but also on official resources such as GAS “Elections”?
Anti -utopia turns around again. After all, the "nonsense" already has
From the editorial office
However, everything can be much easier. The protocol could be drawn up not because Alexei Navalny was mentioned on commemorative notes, but because a person allowed himself to publicly express his position in the place where this would attract attention. It is always now jurisdiction. If the Solovetsky stone stands with a person with white sheet of A3 format paper, or just put flowers and lights a candle, or even just stand silently, then the protocol will still be written. For example, as they love in St. Petersburg, for violation of covid restrictions. And here, just the composition of the offense was pulled onto the void with the help of a well -known name of the person who died a year ago in a Russian prison.