The FSB in the Pskov region opened a case against 44-year-old Elena Kuzmina for incitement to extremism (Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code) because of posts on VKontakte criticizing the Russian authorities, in particular President Vladimir Putin. This is reported by Pskovskaya Guberniya.
According to the publication, the reason for the case was Kuzmina's notes published between 2019 and 2020. According to investigators, there are “signs of incitement to violent and discriminatory, including destructive actions against Russian President V. Putin and government officials” in the posts of the Pskovite.
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The court appointed Kuzmina a ban on certain actions as a preventive measure, the journalists specified.
In 2020, the regional FSB opened a similar case against 66-year-old Alexander Filatov. The attention of the security forces was attracted by the post of a pensioner, “beginning with the words “Military, it’s time for you to take up arms…” with calls to induce military personnel to a violent change of power, violent destructive actions using weapons against government officials. As a result, Pskov was given six months probation.
Also, the department initiated a case of incitement to terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) against the municipal deputy Arkady Markov, who published an excerpt from the TV series “Game. Revenge”, broadcast on NTV. The state prosecution requested a policy of six years in a penal colony, but the court imposed a fine of 700 thousand rubles on him. context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />Shutter Island. How a Pskov deputy became accused of calling for terrorism because of the series