A complaint against Deputy Gorinov, who was sentenced to 7 years in the case of “fakes”, was written by the master of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, because his great-grandfathers “fought against fascism”

One of the witnesses for the prosecution in the case of municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov was Phillip Lasota, Master of Financial Engineering at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, who graduated from the university a year ago. This follows from the text of the verdict published by the comrades-in-arms of the convicted politician.

According to the document, in March, Lasota saw a post that the head of the Krasnoselsky municipal district, Elena Kotenochkina, called Russia a “fascist state” and “banned” the holding of a children’s drawing contest dedicated to Victory Day. Also attached to the publication was a link to a video with Gorinov’s statements, which the court later considered “fake” about the army. -publish-context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />Article7 years for «war». As a Moscow deputy Gorinov was tried, who spoke out against the invasion of Ukraine

“After watching this video, he (Lyasota — MZ) independently applied via the Internet to the reception of the Main Investigative Committee of the Russian Investigative Committee for Moscow and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Administrative District of Moscow, since this video offended him, hurt him, he felt injustice, he had two great-grandfathers who fought against fascism, and therefore he believes that it is wrong to name the country that fought and is fighting against fascism, ”the text of the verdict says.

Also, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Alexander Khinshtein and the deputy chairman of the committee for the development of civil society Oleg Leonov, who was the coordinator of the volunteer search and rescue team LizaAlert, also addressed the prosecutor's office with complaints about Gorinov, Kommersant specified.

On July 8, 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 defendant in the case, Elena Kotenochkina, called the war a war, not a “special operation,” and also talked about the death of children in Ukraine.

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