Court dismissed the charges of “discrediting the army” against Lyubov Zhiltsova, teacher and deputy from Yabloko in the Pskov region
Press Release, 17.05.2022
Photo: Lyubov Zhiltsova / Photo by pskov.yabloko.ru
The Pechorsky District Court dismissed the case of “discrediting the army” against Lyubov Zhiltsova, a mathematics teacher and a deputy of the Palkinsky District Assembly in the Pskov Region from Yabloko.
On 25 February, Lyubov Zhiltsova published on her personal page on the VKontakte network a photo of herself with a sheet of paper running “No ** ***”. On 18 April, police officers came to her house in the village of Slopygino, Palkinsky District, and drew up an administrative protocol of offense against her for “discrediting the armed forces” (Article 20.3.3 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).
Lyubov Zhiltsova pleaded not guilty at the trial. After interrogation by the police, the court dismissed the case for lack of corpus delicti.
In total, since the beginning of the so-called “special operation”, administrative protocols have been drawn up against eleven members of the Yabloko party, two of them are awaiting trial, eight have been found guilty.
Read more about the persecution of Yabloko members after the start of the “special operation”.
Posted: May 18th, 2022 under Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.