More than 20 employees of human rights organizations and lawyers called for the recognition of the article on «fakes» about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) as unconstitutional and the release of municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov. The open letter was published by Novaya Gazeta. Europe.
Experts noted that this article of the Criminal Code contradicts the norms of the Constitution, which presuppose the recognition of ideological and political diversity as the foundations of the country's constitutional system (Article 13 of the Constitution), freedom of choice and dissemination of one's own beliefs (Article 28 of the Constitution), as well as freedom of thought and speech, a ban on censorship (Article 29 of the Constitution) and the prohibition of arbitrary criminal prosecution (Article 54 of the Constitution). cite__image» alt=»1″ />7 years for the “war”. How was the Moscow deputy Gorinov tried, who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine
“However, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, as well as Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, as well as Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which prohibit “public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces,” are directly aimed and used to suppress criticism and free competition of opinions about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the policy pursued by the state,” the lawyers added.
In addition, human rights activists drew attention to the fact that in Gorinov's accusation there is a paragraph of the article, which suggests that the deputy violated the law using his official position. At the same time, the Federal Law “On the General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation” guarantees the policy of “unhindered exercise of powers”.
The authors of the open letter clarified: “This deputy privilege means a prohibition on bringing a deputy to legal liability for opinions expressed in the course of political discussions on socially significant issues, because, in fact, the freedom of opinion of a deputy and its public expression is the main form of implementation of his mandate received from the population.”
Yesterday, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced Gorinov to seven years in a penal colony. The reason for the case about the «fakes» about the army (paragraphs «a», «b» and «e» of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) was a five-minute conversation about the competition of children's drawings on March 15. During the discussion, Gorinov and another person involved in the case, Elena Kotenochkina, called the war a war, and not a «special operation», and also talked about the death of children in Ukraine.