Yabloko member Konstantin Kononenko fined in Barnaul for “discrediting the army”
Press Release, 13.07.2022
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The Zheleznodorozhny District Court in Barnaul, the Altai Territory, fined Konstantin Kononenko, an activist of the Yabloko party, 30,000 roubles under an administrative article on “discrediting the army.”
On 13 April, Kononenko was detained and taken to the police station for participating in a single picket with a pacifist poster. The next day, the court found the activist guilty of “discrediting the army”.
The Altai Regional Court, where the appeal was filed, upheld the decision of the court of first instance.
Konstantin Kononenko paid the fine.
Kononenko notes that after he had come out into the street for a single picket, the police began to put pressure on him: Konstantin Kononenko was summoned to the police for questioning about his participation in the work of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in 2017 and his acquaintance with the Barnaul activist Vadim Ostanin.
Read more about the persecution of Yabloko members after the start of the “special operation”.
Posted: July 13th, 2022 under Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.