"Liars and bureaucrats are about to go under the knife." The Vologda governor published a video that could lead to a five-year prison sentence.

A video with extremist content Appeared on the official Telegram channel Georgy Filimonov, who has been acting governor since last fall Vologda OblastApparently, he has already started preparing for the elections. The other day he said, who will run as an independent candidate.

The video, which Filimonov called "folk art," sings about how his trips around the region help quickly solve problems. The lyrics are accompanied by footage of the governor's travels, where he meets with residents and officials. However, some verses of the song are considered to incite hatred or hostility toward a social group (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code).

He gives everyone orders, he listens to the people, and gives the local authorities a beating. Veterans rejoice and the youth dance, liars and bureaucrats are about to go under the knife.

A lawyer told NeMoskva that violating this article of the Criminal Code carries a prison sentence of up to five years.

The phrase “bureaucrats are about to go under the knife” can be interpreted as inciting hatred towards officials, in this case, apparently, regional ones, the interlocutor believes. — First, it will be necessary to establish the authorship of the video. Second, it will likely be necessary to conduct a linguistic analysis of the text to identify signs of incitement to hatred toward the social group "bureaucrats."

According to Filimonov himself, the video “very accurately conveys the essence of our credo: power is for the people.”

The latest high-profile verdict under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was handed down on January 17 Bashkortostan: environmental activist Fail Alsynov got 4 years in prison for saying that workers from former Soviet republics are destroying the environment by mining gold in the surrounding area. BaimakAlsynov, however, did not call for reprisals or the use of violence, including "beating people up" or "putting anyone under the knife."