The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia, photo: Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

13 November 2023, 17:26

Slogan in support of Ukraine results in fine imposed on resident of Aksai District

The court has fined Mikhail Golovin, a resident of the Aksai District of the Rostov Region, by 50,000 roubles, finding that the slogan he wrote in support of Ukraine was discrediting Russian militaries.

According to investigators, Golovin wrote a slogan in support of Ukraine on a piece of paper during the campaign held by the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) for contract service with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

According to Golovin, he wrote the phrase as a joke and pursued no goal of discrediting the Russian Army, the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project reports.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 12, 2023 at 10:47 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

January 24, 2025 23:32

January 24, 2025 22:56

January 24, 2025 21:52

  • European journalists speak out in support of Mziya Amaglobeli

    European organizations of journalists have issued an appeal to the authorities of Georgia calling them on to stop persecuting Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi”online publications, and to investigate the brutal treatment to which she had been subjected.

January 23, 2025 22:45

  • Rights activists call on PACE to get Baku to release political prisoners

    International human rights organizations have called on the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan's powers and establish criteria for restoring them, including the release of political prisoners and enforcement of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

January 23, 2025 22:16

News archive