14 July 2024, 18:46
Kalmyk activist Dovdanov* fined for violating foreign agents law
A court in Elista has sentenced activist Vladimir Dovdanov*, who fled Russia, to a fine of 30,000 roubles for his failure to provide a report on the activities of a foreign agent, the human rights project "OVD-Info"* has informed.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on August 16, 2023, Vladimir Dovdanov, a deputy chairman of the public association "Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People"**, was fined on charges of calling for violation of the territorial integrity of Russia. Two days later, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) added Dovdanov* to the register of foreign agents.
In August 2023, the Supreme Court (SC) of Kalmykia satisfied the prosecutor's claim to recognize the above Congress as an extremist organization and ban its activities in Russia.
Let us recall that in 2022, Dovdanov reported that he had to leave Kalmykia for Lithuania. “I didn’t think that in my old age I would run away from Russia. I am a pensioner, an honoured person, but, on the other hand, this injustice that Russia is committing […] - it's impossible to turn a blind eye to it,” the "Mediazona"*** has quoted him as saying.
According to investigators, in September 2023, a video was posted on the YouTube in which Dovdanov, addressing the Ukrainian Army, called for the destruction of Russian military equipment.
*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.
**In September 2023, it became known about the decision of the Supreme Court of Kalmykia to recognize the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk People as an extremist organization and to ban its activities in Russia.
***On September 29, 2021, the Ministry of Justice of Russia included the LLC "ZP" (the legal entity that had established the "Mediazona") into the list of media outlets-foreign agents.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 13, 2024 at 07:46 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
Source: Caucasian Knot
