Budanov (listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation) will pay a fine for public use of the Russian language. This was reported by the Ukrainian Commissioner for Language Affairs, Elena Ivanovskaya. "Regarding the situation in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, in particular, regarding the use of the Russian language by K. A. Budanov. All the appropriate legal procedures have already started: the fine stipulated by the law will be paid within a certain time frame," the ombudsman wrote on Facebook. A video of Budanov addressing a 14-year-old boy in Russian during protests near a torture facility in Kyiv on November 2 outraged Ukrainian users of the social network Threads.
He faces a fine of 3,400 to 6,800 hryvnias. Ukrainian netizens were not outraged by the torture. Zaloi Proof Telegram Zaloi Proof in MAX.