The Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow fined a local resident, Yuri Samoilov, under the article on «discrediting» the army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Information about this was published on the website of the court, Mediazona drew attention to it.
The exact amount of the fine is unknown, the press service of the court did not respond to calls from Mediazona. The reason for bringing to administrative responsibility was the posts of a man in Odnoklassniki.
According to the court ruling, Samoilov published several videos criticizing the invasion of Ukraine and left a negative comment about the Russian military under the video “Soldiers of the CENTER 2022 group”. In particular, in a comment he wrote: “There you are, rashist creatures, and the road is to paradise.” In the video itself, to the song of Vladimir Vysotsky «Soldiers of the» Center «group» footage from the war in Ukraine is shown.
Also, on the page of Samoilov in Odnoklassniki, an anti-war video clip of the Nogu Svelo! — “Back, Russia” and a video of the Ukrainian ICTV channel called “The final chord of the Russian Federation. The breakthrough of the bloody dictator, which did not happen — Civil Defense.
At the end of March, Samoilov was arrested for 14 days after a metro passenger complained about the content on his phone — then he was found guilty under the article on the distribution of prohibited symbols (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The reason for the protocol was the chevron of the Ukrainian Azov regiment on the phone splash screen. The denunciation of the Muscovite was written by a metro passenger named Yermakov. According to him, the man “showed” the picture for “one minute.” This was confirmed by two witnesses.
Already after the arrest, the security forces studied Samoilov's phone, after which they drew up a new protocol — about «discrediting» the army. During the court hearing in the first administrative case, Samoilov said that his attitude towards the war in Ukraine had changed after watching Michael Nucky's YouTube channels and the FREEDOM TV channel. He began publishing anti-war videos on Odnoklassniki and made the Azov chevron a headband «to protest against a special military operation.» At the same time, according to the court ruling in the case of “discrediting” the armed forces, Samoilov said at the meeting that he was “neutral” about the war in Ukraine, and was not interested in the events taking place there.