An activist from Udmurtia, who was tried on the mayor's lawsuit, has been acquitted.
Judge Tatyana Kuznetsova, local publics write in full justified city resident Votkinsk Ivan Merezhnikov, who was charged with two criminal offenses at once: defamation and unauthorized access to computer information.
The first lawsuit against the activist was filed by the mayor of Votkinsk. Alexey Zametaev — He didn’t like that Merezhnikov accused him of stealing electricity (he was talking about a post about the lamps opposite the mayor’s house, which were installed without meters).
The mayor's daughter is the author of the second lawsuit. Maria Zametaeva — because the activist published her date of birth and the VIN code of her car.
Despite the prosecutor's request for a two-year, four-month suspended sentence for Merezhnikov, the court found no evidence of a crime in the charges. The mayor and his daughter, who considered themselves victims and sought 500 rubles each, were denied compensation for moral damages.
For several years, Ivan Merezhnikov has been trying to address environmental issues and combat corruption. He has also spoken out against the construction of an oil waste landfill near Votkinsk Pond and a solid waste transfer site near the village. Upper Talitsa — both projects were eventually stopped.
In June 2025, his detained As a defendant in two criminal cases, he spent five months under house arrest.
Also during the investigation he узнал, who was under FSB surveillance for several months because of a petition to cancel bonuses at a defense plant.
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