A criminal case has been opened in the Kemerovo region for materials on the VKontakte network.
In early February 2015, a criminal case was opened in the Kemerovo region for xenophobic pictures and texts on the VKontakte social network. In early February 2015, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Kemerovo Region opened a criminal case against a 27-year-old resident of the Kirovsky district of the city of Kemerovo, suspected under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement of national hatred or enmity, humiliation of human dignity).