The Samara Regional Court has released lawyer Vyacheslav Bunakov from punishment in the case of military «fakes» (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the human rights project «Network Freedoms».
The criminal case against Bunakov was opened because of his posts on VKontakte about the deaths of people in the Ukrainian cities of Kramatorsk, Severodonetsk and Lisichansk. The lawyer published them in the summer of 2022, and in May 2024 he was sentenced to ten months of compulsory work with 20 percent of his salary withheld for the benefit of the state.
As «Network Freedoms» writes, the appellate court released Bunakov from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. He himself did not admit his guilt.