George Minasyan
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Case summary
A resident of St Petersburg. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a comment in which he bluntly approved the shelling of Belgorod on 30 December 2023 - one of the most brutal strikes of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation, which killed at least 25 people. A measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen for Minasyan.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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