A resident of the village of Verkhneye Timercheevo was convicted of distributing a xenophobic video.
On November 13, 2015, in Chuvashia, a resident of the village of Verkhnee Timercheevo was sentenced to compulsory labor for distributing a xenophobic video on the Internet. On November 13, 2015, the Yalchik District Court passed a sentence on a 53-year-old resident of the village of Verkhnee Timercheevo, Komsomolsk District. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting national hatred or enmity). He was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory work.