“In the Sverdlovsk region, for the first time, a citizen was fined for a new article on the search for “extremist materials” – 20-year-old Serhii Glukhikh was fined three thousand rubles for reviewing information about organizations that the Russian authorities recognized as terrorist”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The amount of the fine is three thousand rubles. The lawyer said that the defense will “unequivocally” appeal the decision when it receives the motivational part.
Serhiy Glukhykh was charged with searching for materials about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Azov Battalion, which the Russian authorities declared “terrorist organizations.”
The defense insisted that Glukhikh was not specifically looking for this information, but simply “came across the symbols and materials of banned organizations” while surfing the Internet. It remains unclear how the security forces found out which pages Glukhykh viewed.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed the law prohibiting the search for extremist materials on July 31, and the rule came into effect on September 1.