The Zalukokoazhe village. Photo by the local administration http://gpzalukokoazhe.ru/index.php?Page=foto&act=show_foto&id=1

16 August 2023, 21:33

Bookkeeper from KBR fined under army discrediting criminal article

A court in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has found the reposts and publications placed by Islam Mambetov, a resident of the village of Zalukokoazhe, to be a repeated discrediting of the Russian Army and fined him by 100,000 roubles.

According to the human rights project "OVD-Info"*, Mambetov's posts on the Instagram**, in which he had reposted "Layma Vaikule's anti-Russian statements", were treated as support for Ukraine and criticism of Russia; the posts became the reason for persecution.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in May this year, the court fined the above Islam Mambetov, a resident of the village of Zalukokoazhe in the KBR's Zolsky District, by 30,000 roubles, claiming that his posts on the social network had discredited Russian militaries.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

**On March 21, 2022, the Tverskoi Court of Moscow banned the activities in Russia of the Meta Company, owning the Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, in connection with extremist activities.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 15, 2023 at 08:40 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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