The Dorogomilovsky District Court of Moscow returned to the police the materials of the administrative case against ex-GRU colonel Vladimir Kvachkov. “Mediazona” found information about the return of the protocol in the database of the capital’s courts.
Kvachkov was accused of “discrediting” the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code), yesterday the Dorogomilovsky court registered the case materials. It is unknown what became the reason for bringing him to justice, and why the report was returned to the police.
Previously, Kvachkov had already been fined 40 thousand rubles under the article on “discrediting” the army — then the decision was made by the Tverskoy District Court of the capital. The colonel's defense later appealed the decision. Then the reason for the case was publications in Odnoklassniki in the group “Vladimir Vasilyevich Kvachkov”. The colonel denied his involvement in the community.
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In addition, then at the trial, Kvachkov repeatedly repeated that it was inappropriate to accuse him of “discrediting” the army, since “the following citizens discredit the armed forces: Putin, Shoigu, Gerasimov.” In his opinion, “they cannot wage war,” but he knows how to do it.
74-year-old Kvachkov is a veteran of several wars. After launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he reported that he believed a Russian victory was “inevitable.” At the same time, he repeatedly criticized the Russian government and the army, since “they cannot wage war.”
In 2005, Kvachkov was accused in the case of an attack on Anatoly Chubais, but the jury returned an acquittal. In 2013, the colonel was sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of promoting terrorism and attempting to organize an armed rebellion, and later he was found guilty of inciting hatred or enmity.
Kvachkov was released in February 2019. A year later, a court in Moscow assigned him administrative supervision for three years and prohibited him from participating in rallies during this period; the supervision was later extended until February 19, 2029.