Krasnodar activist fined for a pacifist post

In Krasnodar, a court fined activist Marina Zakharchenko 15,000 roubles, considering her pacifist post on a social media outlet to be discrediting the Russian armed forces.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on May 16, the police stopped Marina Zakharchenko and took her to a police station, where a protocol was drawn up against her under the article on discrediting the Russian armed forces.

After an administrative liability for discrediting the Russian armed forces was introduced on March 4, the police began to draw up protocols under the article, including against Kuban activists. So, on May 26, a court fined dentist Vitaly Nikolaev, recognizing his pacifist picket as discrediting the Russian armed forces.

Let us remind you that Marina Zakharchenko is an activist in a movement of deceived real estate holders in Krasnodar. The activist also participated in actions in support of Alexei Navalny*** and Sergey Furgal, the former governor of the Khabarovsk Territory.

*** Alexei Navalny is a founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (known as FBK), an NCO that is included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the register of NCOs performing functions of a foreign agent. The NCO is also recognized by a court as extremist and banned in Russia. Navalny’s offices are recognized as extremist organizations, and their activities are terminated by a court’s decision. On January 25, the “Rosfinmonitoring” (the Russian Federal Service for Financial Monitoring) added Alexei Navalny to the register of extremists and terrorists.