Shumaeva Rita Fyodorovna

In Arkhangelsk, a criminal case was opened for repeated "discrediting the army" against a local 63-year-old resident, Rita Shumayeva. The exact date of the case being opened and the measure of restraint chosen for her are unknown. According to the investigation, Shumayeva posted content discrediting the army on social media from August 2023 to January 2024. Shumayeva is charged with two posts on VKontakte. The pensioner published a documentary film by Radio Liberty about the movement of mobilized wives "The Way Home, and also wrote about a young Ukrainian otolaryngologist Dmitry Belyy, who died during shelling during his first working shift at a hospital in Kherson." "Earlier, on June 19, 2023, Shumayeva was held accountable in a case of an administrative offense under the article on "discrediting the army" for several anti-war posts that she placed on her page on VKontakte. On September 3, 2024, the Lomonosovsky District Court of Arkhangelsk found Rita Shumayeva guilty and fined her 100 thousand rubles. rubles. In addition to the fine, the pensioner's seized equipment was confiscated during the search. On November 11, 2024, the Arkhangelsk Regional Court reduced the fine to 80 thousand. rubles.