A 34-year-old pediatrician from Blagoveshchensk, Maria Mekhedova, was charged with justifying terrorism because of a comment about the death of Z-blogger Vladlen Tatarsky. She herself told about this to the Sibir.Realii publication.
Earlier, the telegram channel Blagoveshchensk No. 1 reported on the persecution of Mekhedova. According to the Telegram channel, the reason for initiating the case was the text: “I would never have thought that someday I would be happy about this. Forgive me Lord for this.»
The article on justifying terrorism on the Internet assumes from five to seven years in prison (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code).
In December 2022, the Blagoveshchensk City Court of the Amur Region fined Mekhedova 30 thousand rubles under the protocol on “discrediting” the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to comments on Instagram. In court, the pediatrician pleaded not guilty.
According to Sota, it was about the comments of a doctor under the posts of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. She herself maintains a blog on children's health on the social network, more than 18 thousand people subscribe to it. In February, Mekhedova told Sota that after the fine she faced harassment and threats from the parents of her patients.
In May 2023, a Sota source in law enforcement agencies said that they came to Mekhedova’s house with a search in a criminal case on “discrediting” the army; The interviewed publication claimed that the security forces confiscated the phones from her and her husband and said that the fine under the administrative article “was helped to pay the doctor by the team of Alexei Navalny.” Mekhedova herself did not confirm that another case was initiated against her.