YEKATERINBURG, June 1 . The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg has fined the local public organization Memorial* 300,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the Russian army, the press service of the court reported.
A source in law enforcement agencies reported that on April 27, the police filed two protocols against the head of the Yekaterinburg «Memorial» * Alexei Mosin about discrediting the Russian army, searches were carried out in the office of the organization. According to these protocols (available to the agency), on April 3, two materials discrediting the Russian army were published on the organization's website. Mosin also posted a photograph on the website in which he holds a poster with an anti-war inscription, the source specified.
“It was not Mosin who was fined 300 thousand rubles, but the legal entity Memorial * under part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the RF Armed Forces”). Consideration of the case under the same article against Mosin himself will take place on 19 June,» the source said.
At the meeting on Thursday, the attracted legal entity was represented by its head, Alexei Mosin. “I do not agree with this decision, the Yekaterinburg “Memorial”* and the Urals “Memorial”* are completely different organizations. website of the Ural «Memorial» *, so the claims that were made today in court are not at the right address, we will appeal the decision,» Mosin told reporters.
Immediately after the meeting on Thursday, a publication about the «absurdity of the case» appeared on the website of the Ural «Memorial» * and that «the court knows perfectly well that Mosin does not control their publications in any way.»
In 2022, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation liquidated the international society Memorial*, and the Moscow City Court liquidated the human rights center Memorial*.
International «Memorial»* was engaged in the study of repressions in the USSR, the rehabilitation of victims and assistance to their families. The human rights «Memorial» * was engaged in «legal consulting, assistance to refugees and political prisoners.» Both structures were listed in the register of foreign agents for more than five years prior to liquidation by a court decision.
* A non-profit organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent and was liquidated by a court decision.