04 June 2024, 18:09

Case of pensioner from Gelendjik about discrediting Russian Army comes to court

The pensioner is accused under the criminal article on discrediting Russian militaries.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on April 12, 2024, it became known that the above 74-year-old pensioner from Gelendjik was charged under the criminal article for discrediting the Russian Army; the reason was in his posts and reposts placed in a social network. Earlier, in October 2022, the pensioner was brought to administrative responsibility on a similar charge.

According to investigators, from December 2022 to March 2023, the elderly man used his social network account for placing his posts and reposting others' posts containing information discrediting the Russian Armed Forces; the posts and reposts were available for public viewing to a broad range of people. The defendant has "fully admitted his guilt," says the website of the Investigating Committee for the Krasnodar Territory.

The article about discrediting the Russian militaries was created as a tool to suppress the dissent, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" stated earlier in its comment on a similar criminal prosecution of a resident of Taganrog. "It actually prohibits any criticism of authorities; this ban violates citizens' right to the freedom of expression," human rights defenders have pointed out.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 3, 2024 at 08:00 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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

March 19, 2025 22:40

  • Stand-up comedian from Yeysk accused of insulting SMO fighter

    A criminal case was opened against Artemy Ostanin, a stand-up comedian from the city of Yeysk, after his performance in which he joked about a disabled person who had stepped on a mine. Investigators saw his words as an insult to a participant in the special military operation (SMO), but Ostanin himself claims that he was joking about a simple beggar.

March 19, 2025 22:24

  • Georgian journalist Amaglobeli fined for insulting policeman

    A judge has obliged Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, to pay a fine within an administrative case of insulting a police officer. At the hearing on the criminal case of the attack on the police officer, the journalist's defence demanded to challenge the judge, but the motion was dismissed.

March 19, 2025 21:17

March 18, 2025 21:49

March 18, 2025 21:46

News archive
Пн
Вт
Ср
Чт
Пт
Сб
Вс
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6