19:57, 15 February 2024

Volgograd resident fined for his status in messenger

The Code of Administrative Offences of Russia. Photo by Yelena Sineok, Yuga.ru

Sergey Lomako from Volgograd posted flags of Ichkeria and Ukraine on WhatsApp* and was fined 1000 roubles for displaying prohibited symbols.

The Nikolaevsky District Court of Volgograd found Sergey Lomako guilty of placing in his status on WhatsApp* the crossed flags of Ichkeria and Ukraine with a trident, the “OVD-Info”** reports.

Earlier, the “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on February 1, a resident of Volzhsky was found guilty of displaying prohibited symbols for a rainbow flag on a social network and was fined 1000 roubles.

*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.

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

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on February 14, 2024 at 02:01 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot