In Voronezh, a sentence was passed for leaflets on the wall of a building and publications on the social network VKontakte.
On July 18, 2017, a local resident in Voronezh received a one and a half year suspended sentence for xenophobic leaflets on the wall of a building and materials inciting hatred against government officials on the VKontakte social network. On July 18, 2017, the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Voronezh issued a sentence under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code (inciting hatred) and Part 1 of Article 280 (public calls for extremist activity).