The SC of Russia opened a criminal case against the head of the Uzbek community

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against the head of the interregional Uzbek community “Vatandosh” Usman Baratov because of his post on social networks, in which he commented on the sharp rise in prices for chicken eggs.

In December last year, Baratov published a picture with chickens and the caption: “Fuck you with butter, not eggs! Bring back the roosters from the front.”

Russian pro-Kremlin bloggers drew attention to the picture. Seeing in it a hint of the wives of the mobilized – participants in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, they filed a collective application in the name of the head of the SC of Russia Alexander Bastrykin with the demand to open a criminal case against the head of the Uzbek community.

After that, Baratov was detained. He was charged with inciting hatred or enmity. According to the investigation, the head of Vatandosh “humiliated a group of Russian citizens, including participants in a special military operation.”

Usman Baratov himself, commenting on the accusation brought against him, said that “the satirical photo of chickens has nothing to do with the participants of the SVO”.

In turn, State Duma Vice-Speaker Pyotr Tolstoy demanded that national communities and diasporas be equated with organized criminal structures, and called for an end to “international liberalism” and “liquidation of similar associations.”