Within a day, three Russians were accused of discrediting because of their clothes

During the day, at least three Russians were detained because of their clothes. They drew up protocols on the article on the discrediting of the Russian government and army.

In Nizhny Novgorod, Dmitry Shelter was accused of defamation. He put on a hoodie with a crossed-out portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Hoodies were seized from the police department, “OVD-Info” reports.

In Moscow, two people were detained in connection with an article about discrediting because of clothes “in the colors of the Ukrainian flag”, writes “Baza”. A 39-year-old cleaner in a psychiatric boarding school faces a fine of 50,000 rubles for a blue and yellow jacket, and a 26-year-old resident of Volgograd – for pants.

• Russians protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including by hanging Ukrainian flags or wearing clothes in the corresponding colors. Cases are brought against them under the administrative article on discrediting the army and they are fined. For example, in April 2022, a Muscovite was fined ten thousand rubles for wearing blue and yellow sneakers. They were called “means of political agitation”.
• During the war in Russia, more than six thousand cases of “discrediting” of the Russian army were initiated, Mediazona calculated.