Borisenko Oleg Stanislavovich

A second case was opened against former military serviceman Oleg Borisenko from Tambov for repeated 'discrediting' of the Russian army. The reason for the criminal prosecution was Borisenko's video address to his former cadets, in which he calls on them not to go to war in Ukraine and calls what is happening there a "genocide." Earlier, the Sosnovsky District Court of the Tambov Region sentenced Borisenko to six years of probation in a case of repeated 'discreditation' of the Russian army. In May 2022, a man was fined 30 thousand rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army due to a sticker with a crossed-out letter Z on the glass of his car. A criminal case was opened against former military serviceman Oleg Borisenko from Tambov for repeated 'discrediting of the Russian army' and illegal storage of explosives." 3. The investigation and the court claim that Borisenko poured paint on a poster with the letters Z and V because he considered these symbols similar to the chevrons of the SS and Wehrmacht. During a search of his home, gunpowder was also found. According to Borisenko, the gunpowder was purchased legally for hunting and was already 'expired' by the time of the search. As a precautionary measure, the man was required to sign a non-departure undertaking, but after the initiation of a second criminal case under the same article, on June 7, 2023, the Oktyabrsky District Court of Tambov placed Borisenko in a pre-trial detention center. On June 14, the Tambov Regional Court softened the measure of restraint to house arrest in the appeal. December 1, 2023, Judge Tatyana Galkina of the Sosnovsky District Court of the Tambov Region sentenced Oleg Borisenko to six years of probation and a fine of 150 thousand. rubles. On March 28, 2024, the Tambov Regional Court left the sentence in force. In May 2022, a man was fined 30 thousand rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army due to a sticker with a crossed-out letter Z on the glass of his car.