An administrative protocol on “discrediting the army” drawn up against Yabloko Federal Bureau member Ruslan Zinatullin
Press Release, 4.06.2024
Photo: Ruslan Zinatullin / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
An administrative protocol on “discrediting the army” was drawn up against Ruslan Zinatullin, a member of the Yabloko Federal Bureau and Chairman of the regional branch of the party in Tatarstan. Zinatullin was detained near the Kazan party office on the evening of 4 June and taken to the police department. On 5 June, a hearing had to take place in the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan.
However, on 5 June, the Vakhitovsky District Court postponed the hearing on the administrative case against Ruslan Zinatullin to 6 June.
The reason for drawing up the protocol against Zinatullin was the information in Zinatullin’s profile in the WhatsApp messenger where the politician expressed his reluctance to communicate with those who support the special military operation in Ukraine.
In March 2022, the house of Zinatullin and two other Kazan Yabloko members were searched as part of a criminal case for “inciting mass riots” because of a post in Telegram with which all the three had nothing to do.
Read more about persecution of Yabloko members since the start of the “special military operation”.
Posted: June 6th, 2024 under Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.