In Irkutsk, a 25 year old man is suspected of spreading nationalist ideas and posting banned materials on social media that demean people by race, nationality, origin, and religion. A criminal case has been opened under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and he has been placed under travel restriction. Law enforcement is now removing the banned online content.
In Irkutsk, a 25-year-old man is suspected of spreading nationalist ideas on social media. At present, the man has been placed under a travel restriction. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Irkutsk Region."It has been preliminarily established that, being a supporter of nationalist ideas, the 25-year-old man posted prohibited materials on the Internet aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of persons on the grounds of race, nationality, origin, and attitude toward religion," the Interior Ministry said.
A criminal case has been opened against the suspect by investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Irkutsk Region under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity). Measures are now being taken to remove the prohibited internet content.