Woman from Gelendjik fined for discrediting militaries

The Gelendjik City Court has fined a 30-year-old local resident by 40,000 roubles, finding her guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that residents of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) are regularly brought to justice under the article on discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On March 26, it became known that Maxim Overin, a Kuban resident, was fined by 100,000 roubles under the above article after he had a conflict with the owner of the car, on which the letter Z was pasted.

According to investigators, the above Gelendjik woman, while driving a car, shouted out a phrase discrediting the Russian Armed Forces out of the window.

The Gelendjik City Court of the Krasnodar Territory has fined the woman for committing the above offense in the administrative order by 40,000 roubles," the Krasnodar Territorial Branch of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported in the evening on April 1 on its website.

The "Caucasian Knot" has also reported that on February 25, the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar arrested for 20 days Alipat Sultanbegova, who was detained at a protest action against the special operation in Ukraine. On March 18, she was again detained at the exit from home because of her post in social networks, which, according to law enforcers, discredited the Russian Armed Forces.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on April 2, 2022 at 07:13 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.