Barnaul poet Artyom Sakharov was fined 30 rubles for "discrediting" his work.
The bailiffs sent the order, dated August 1, to the Gosuslugi website, NeMoskva reported. Sakharov. The fourth administrative case against the activist was triggered by a post on his Telegram channel. Artyom doesn't know which post.
"I certainly didn't expect the state persecution to cease once I emigrated. And given my open anti-war stance, a case for 'discrediting the army' would have been brought sooner or later. It turned out that it only happened in the fourth year of the war." — Sakharov commented to a NeMoskva journalist.
Artyom Sakharov is a 20-year-old poet and activist from Barnaul. He organized a memorial in his city in memory of the civilians killed in Ukraine, read poetry in solidarity with the defendants in the Mayakovsky case, and laid flowers after Navalny's murder.
Numerous arrests, a 30-day arrest, and threats of criminal prosecution forced Artem to leave Russia in November 2024. He now lives and studies in Vilnius with his wife.