17:55, 3 June 2024

Volgograd journalist fined for his posts in social network

A court in Volgograd has fined Stanislav Terentiev, a former editor-in-chief of the "Kolokol" (Bell) newspaper, finding him guilty of publicly displaying Nazi symbols. Stanislav refused to plead guilty and appealed against the court ruling.

The court has fined Terentiev "for the photo with swastikas and the letter V," the human rights project "OVD-Info"* reports in its Telegram channel. According to the ruling, he had placed his post in the "VKontakte" social network "without explanatory notes that would form a negative assessment of the Nazism ideology."

In court, Terentiev, a pensioner, refused to admit his guilt. "His parents took part in the Great Patriotic War (WW II), in which his relatives perished; therefore he could not promote fascism. He believes that the initiation of administrative proceedings against him has to do with his desire to tell the truth to police bosses about problems in the police," the above project asserts.

However, the court has treated Terentiev's guilt as duly proven.

*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 June 1, 2024 at 03:45 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot