A resident of the city of Sochi is now obliged to pay a fine of 2,000 rubles for “congratulating extremist organizations.”
A Russian court fined a resident of Sochi 2,000 rubles for a personal WhatsApp status Glory to Ukraine, written in Korean. This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel ASTRA.
“The Central District Court of Sochi considers the material on an administrative offense drawn in relation to a local resident born in 1984 under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. From materials provided to the court, following which on February 1, 2023, the woman posted an inscription on the messenger in Korean, the translation of which is an established tool of greeting extremist organizations, whose activities are recognized by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation as an extremist and banned from the territory of the Russian Federation. When considering the court case, the woman admitted her guilt in full, asked to impose a minimum punishment, “the court service of press is reporting.
Recall that the World Court of the Tagansky district of Moscow fined 2 million rubles (more than $ 32 thousand) for the project of the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. The fine was imposed under the article for not removing prohibited information due to two Wikipedia articles related to the war in Ukraine.
Fined by the Smolninsky District Court of Russian St. Petersburg a group of deputies of the municipal council of the Smolninskoye district called for the indictment of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Source: korrespondent

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