Compulsory psychiatric treatment and a fine of 100 thousand. A court sentenced a North Ossetian resident to this punishment for discrediting the Russian army.
As NeMoskva has learned, Industrial Court of Vladikavkaz recognized the 32-year-old resident village of Nogir guilty of discrediting the Russian army, as well as public calls "to hinder the use of the Russian Armed Forces during the Second World War," posted on VKontakte and Instagram pages.
In May 2022, the woman was fined under a currently popular article. Last year, according to the court's verdict, she published a video on Instagram "discrediting the leadership of the Russian army, as well as comments by the President of the Russian Federation." Specifically, she was accused of publishing false information about the losses of Russian military equipment in the war against Ukraine.
The court ruled that the video was aimed at "publicly expressing a negative assessment of the activities of the Russian army, at depriving citizens of confidence in the Armed Forces, undermining their authority, and at increasing and inciting protest sentiments in North Ossetia and Russia as a whole."
In early 2023, a resident of Ossetia became a defendant in a criminal case under Article 280.3 of the Russian Criminal Code.
In April, the court found her guilty of the charge and sentenced her to compulsory outpatient psychiatric observation and treatment, as well as a fine of 100,000 rubles.