Krasnodar resident has to apologize for her posts on social network

Inna Tishkina from Krasnodar apologized for her posts on the X social networking service which were “discrediting the Russian Army.” The reason for the attention to the resident of Krasnodar was an appeal to the law enforcement and related bodies by MP Sergey Klimov, who demanded an apology from Ramzan Kadyrov.

The police detained Inna Tishkina and persuaded the woman to voice her apology in front of a camera, the “OVD-Info”* human rights project reported.

On December 25, a local MP drew his attention to the posts in which the woman expressed her indignation with the propaganda and progress of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine and Russian strikes against Ukraine. The local MP passed on the information about Inna Tishkina to administrators of the “Smersh Kubani” Telegram channel, associated with the law enforcement bodies, who, as reported, “captured the traitor of Russia, handing her over to a gloomy basement,” the publication states.

As follows from the video posted on the “Smersh Kubani” Telegram channel, the woman stays against the backdrop of President Putin’s portrait and says that she discredited the Russian Army on a social networking service. “I repent and apologize, and I promise not to do anything like that in the future,” the woman says. In another video, she recites the lyrics to the Russian anthem to the backing track.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that Sergey Kusmakov and Sergey Klimov, two MPs from the Krasnodar Territory, called on the leader of Chechnya to apologize for criticizing Alexander Bastrykin, the chair of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF). The appeal of MPs unknown outside the Krasnodar Territory to the leader of Chechnya is connected with their attempt to gain popularity, hiding behind the defence of Alexander Bastrykin, political analysts and human rights defenders believe. They also suggest that at the same time, the demand to apologize may turn against Sergey Kusmakov and Sergey Klimov if Ramzan Kadyrov pays attention to their demand.

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