The prosecutor's office has demanded a harsher sentence for young Nizhny Novgorod residents who were imprisoned following a denunciation by the lyceum director.
An employee of the Sormovsky District Prosecutor's Office Nizhny Novgorod A. Belov filed an appeal with the court, asking for a more severe punishment for the students. To Kirill Smirnov и To Egor Starshinov, sentenced to 2,5 years in prison for military “fakes”.
“I believe that the punishment imposed on Smirnov K. and Starshinov E. is unfair due to its excessive leniency and cannot ensure the goal of their correction, preventing the commission of new crimes and restoring social justice.”- says in the appeal of prosecutor Belova.
NeMoskva wrote about this story. In November 2023, the director of Nizhny Novgorod Lyceum No. 82 Nina Govorova requested to the police with a denunciation of his then-students, who had published a video with "statements aimed at discrediting the Russian Armed Forces" in a Telegram channel with 26 members. The denunciation initially led to an administrative case, for which the students' parents paid a fine. But then the students turned 18, and in August 2024, a criminal case was filed against them. excited a criminal case about "fakes", for which they received real prison sentences.
A month before the denunciation was written, Nina Govorova took part in the All-Russian competition “Director of the Year of Russia - 2023” and entered into the top five winners.