Samoylenko Dmitriy Ivanovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kamchatka Krai
- Charges:
- Article 242 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 3, Paragraph b
- Sentence:
- 3 years suspended
- Estimated release date:
- 18 авг. 2026 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
Case Description
The criminal case is related to the publication of an image of a penis in comments on VKontakte, which was discovered by an FSB employee while searching for anti-war comments. Dmitry Samoylenko believes that his anti-war stance was the real reason for the persecution. In 2022, Samoylenko was fined three times under the article on 'discrediting' the Russian army for a total of 90 thousand rubles. According to the resident of Kamchatka, law enforcement agencies paid attention to the picture with the member only after the initiation of administrative cases.
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