The Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow imposed a fine on programmer Ilya Vasiliev, known by his pseudonym Arvi Hacker, for «discrediting» the Russian armed forces (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). Mediazon found such a decision on the website of the Moscow courts, Vasiliev was fined 40 thousand rubles.
According to the document, on March 23, Vasiliev published materials on his VKontakte page, “on which he publicly disseminated information discrediting the ongoing Armed Forces of the Russian Federation special military operation. The decision was made the day before, on May 11.
Vasilyev became famous in the 2000s as an IT enthusiast, founder of the School of Hackers and the computer festival SPRIG, an ironic article was dedicated to him in the encyclopedia of Internet folklore Lurkmore.