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10 December 2024, 20:29

Sochi resident fined for insulting Russian President

A court in Sochi has fined Valery Musarin, a local resident, by 30,000 roubles for his post placed in a social network that was treated as offensive to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The reason for drawing up the protocol was the post that the man placed in the "Odnoklassniki" social network.

According to the court, Musarin posted in the public domain an article by Thomas Friedman, The New York Times columnist, the title of which contained an insult to the Russian President. A linguistic study was conducted, which proved that the insult really did exist. Musarin himself admitted his guilt and repented of his actions.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that this March, a local resident, Alexander Goncharov, was fined in Sochi for reposting critical publications about Russian authorities on the Telegram.'

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 9, 2024 at 00:58 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot

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