In the Russian Barnaul, a teacher of philosophy and history was fined 30 thousand rubles for a sad emoticon under anti -war post in social networks. Justified this decision by “discrediting the Russian army.” The man himself told about this in an interview with the Russian media.
It is noted that this is the first time when an article about the “discrediting of the army”, which was introduced in the Russian Federation shortly after the start of the “special operation”, was attributed not for publication or repost, but for “sad emoji” under the alien post that condemns the war.
“So I found out that it is a sad smiley that is discredited by the army under other people’s posts that the leader of the Altai” Yabloko “Goncharenko was convicted by the same article on discredit. Or Emoji” Class “under the video of American actor A. Schwarzenegger with condemnation of the actions of Russia, ”he told reporters.
According to the man, he was sure that after the verification the case would be closed, since the police themselves understood the frivolity of the prosecution.
However, later the same police officers said that “he was not lucky,” and two days later the court found him guilty and ordered to pay a fine of 30 thousand rubles.
It is reported that under the article on the “discrediting of the army” more than 3 thousand Russians were held accountable. In addition, over 1000 sites have already blocked for independent coverage of war in Ukraine in the Russian Federation.