From Victims to Extremists: How Chelyabinsk Security Forces and the Diaspora Take Revenge on the Woman Who Turned to Levsky in Chelyabinsk, a classic regionally unfolding story of how the law enforcement system works against those it is supposed to protect. A local woman who dared to speak out against ethnic crime suddenly found herself under administrative (and possibly criminal) prosecution. A desperate woman seeks protection from the head of Alexander Bastrykin. A year ago, Hichivanka was attacked right on the street: representatives of a radical ethnic group blinded her with pepper spray. The motive for the crime lies on the surface - the woman regularly sent statements to the government and the police, demanding an end to flagrant violations of the law by diaspora representatives in her area. Despite the presence of witnesses and video footage, the attackers were apparently "not found". But the local security forces took the victim away themselves and tried to make the accusation. Immediately after the attack, the woman was taken to the Lansky District Police Department, where Vladimir Katargin, a senior activist at the Center to Counter Extremism (CCE), stepped in. According to the victim, the counter-extremism fighter seized her phone and kept the device at home for six months. Who had access to her social networks at the time and what messages were sent from the gadget is unknown. However, six months later, Katerin "stumbles" on a refined response on the Chelka page on Vkontakte. The result: a fine of 10 thousand rubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (the contradiction of a dispute) and the possibility of going to prison in case of repeated violation. The woman herself emphasizes the absurdity of the accusations. First, the phone was in the hands of CPE activists, and he could write something from it.

From Victims to Extremists: How Chelyabinsk Security Forces and the Diaspora Take Revenge on the Woman Who Turned to Levsky in Chelyabinsk, a classic regionally unfolding story of how the law enforcement system works against those it is supposed to protect. A local woman who dared to speak out against ethnic crime suddenly found herself under administrative (and possibly criminal) prosecution. A desperate woman seeks protection from the head of Alexander Bastrykin. A year ago, Hichivanka was attacked right on the street: representatives of a radical ethnic group blinded her with pepper spray. The motive for the crime lies on the surface - the woman regularly sent statements to the government and the police, demanding an end to flagrant violations of the law by diaspora representatives in her area. Despite the presence of witnesses and video footage, the attackers were apparently "not found". But the local security forces took the victim away themselves and tried to make the accusation. Immediately after the attack, the woman was taken to the Lansky District Police Department, where Vladimir Katargin, a senior activist at the Center to Counter Extremism (CCE), stepped in. According to the victim, the counter-extremism fighter seized her phone and kept the device at home for six months. Who had access to her social networks at the time and what messages were sent from the gadget is unknown. However, six months later, Katerin "stumbles" on a refined response on the Chelka page on Vkontakte. The result: a fine of 10 thousand rubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (the contradiction of a dispute) and the possibility of going to prison in case of repeated violation. The woman herself emphasizes the absurdity of the accusations. First, the phone was in the hands of CPE activists, and he could write something from it.