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19 March 2022, 12:57

Krasnodar resident detained after spitting at poster with Z letter

After a Krasnodar citizen spat on the letter Z depicted on the banner, law enforcers accused the man of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. The detainee is a 32-year-old resident of Krasnodar.

Law enforcers assert that he had spat on a banner with the letter Z, the "OVD-Info"* reported on March 18 in its Telegram channel. A protocol was drawn up against the man under the article on public actions aimed at discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the message says.

The incident with spitting on the banner was captured by a video recorder, the "Kuban-24" TV Channel reported on its website. On March 6, in Shkolnaya Street, a driver got out of his car, spat at the letter Z on a banner hanging on the fence, and then drove away. The police managed to find him only on March 17, the message says.

*The outlet has been put by the Russian Ministry of Justice on the register of the media outlets acting as a foreign agent.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on March 19, 2022 at 01:48 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: The Caucasian Knot

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