In Donetsk, a driver was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom for talking about SVO with Russian guards posing as bloggers.
The Voroshilovsky Interdistrict Court of Donetsk sentenced a local resident, who earned money as a private driver, to three years of restriction of freedom in a case of "fake news" about the armed forces of the Russian Federation, Mediazona* found out.
According to the publication, the man agreed to give a ride to two servants of the Russian National Guard, who introduced themselves as "bloggers" who came to film a story about people's lives. In a conversation with them, the driver said that the Russian army is attacking civil infrastructure and civilians and also criticized the authorities, low pensions and closing mines.
לאחר הנסיעה, אחד מהשומרים הרוסים דיווח על כך לקציני ה-FSB, ואז שוב הזמין מכונית מהאיש. לפני הנסיעה, כוחות הביטחון נתנו לצבא מצלמה נסתרת המותקנת בארנק גבר. בהקלטה במהלך הנסיעה השנייה מתח הנהג ביקורת על ה-SVO ואנשי הצבא. הוא גם דיבר על התקפות על בנייני מגורים בחרקוב, מגרש משחקים לילדים בקריבוי רוג ובמרכז סומי.
The court recognized the conversation as public, since the man saw the passengers as bloggers and understood that they could pass his words on to other people.
- Recognized by the Russian authorities as a "foreign agent".