Russia
Vasily Bolshakov, a resident of the Ryazan region, was accused of discrediting the Russian armed forces for a joke posted on his VKontakte page. This was announced by the man’s lawyer, Andrey Kuryatnikov.
“The case was brought under Part 1 of Art. 280.3. Due to posting on VKontakte <...> Vasily is at home in the city of Kasimov, Ryazan region. Indeed, the reason was the publication of an anecdote in VK”, RBC quotes the defender.The outrageous post was placed on November 9, the day the withdrawal of Russian troops from the right bank of the Dnieper to the Kherson region began. The Interior Ministry's Regional Investigations Department opened a criminal investigation on February 24 after 's author repeatedly broke the law.Last summer, Bolshakov was fined 30,000 rubles for comments on the same social network about a special military operation in Ukraine.Earlier, it was reported that an administrative offense report for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was filed against the leader of the rock band "Nogu Svelo!" Maxim Pokrovsky.
