Romanyuta Vasiliy Mikhaylovich

In April 2024, a criminal case was opened in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, for repeated "discrediting" of the army against 74-year-old local resident and pensioner Vasily Romanyuta. According to the investigation, from December 2022 to March 2023, the man published information from his social media account and reposted posts by other users containing information discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which was available for public viewing by a wide range of people. It is unknown whether a preventive measure has been chosen. Earlier, in October 2022, the pensioner was charged in a case of an administrative offense under the article on "discrediting the army" for a picket at the monument to the Chekists in Krasnodar. He came out into the street with a poster "Fuhrer Vovka Putler is a criminal. The Hague awaits him. On July 17, 2024, the Gelendzhik City Court of the Krasnodar Territory found Vasily Romanyuta guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment conditionally. The court also banned Romanuyte from posting on social networks for three years.