22:43, 9 March 2026

A pensioner from Kamyshin was fined for discrediting the army.

Kamyshin resident Gayritin Sumanakov was fined for discrediting Russian military personnel for liking a post on Odnoklassniki. This is the pensioner's second fine for discrediting the armed forces.

Criminal liability for discrediting the armed forces was introduced on March 4, 2022. Since then, residents of Russia, including the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts, have been subject to prosecution under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. It provides for a fine of 30,000 to 100,000 rubles for citizens, and repeat violations within a year result in criminal prosecution.

The Kamyshin City Court fined pensioner Gayritin Sumanakov for discrediting the army for liking another user's post on the social network Odnoklassniki. The case file on the court's website was brought to the attention of SOTAvision* today.

The user's reaction to the post was recorded by an operative from the "E" Center, whose report became the basis for the administrative case. The pensioner's case was heard on February 12.

The post Sumanakov "liked" was published by another user in 2023 and dedicated to a participant in the military operations in Ukraine who returned from the combat zone injured. "He wanted to make some extra money by killing children in Ukraine, and higher powers gave him what he deserved," the court ruling quotes the publication's text as saying.

In court, the pensioner admitted his guilt, and the court fined him 45,000 rubles. The ruling notes that he had previously been held administratively liable "for a similar offense." According to the Kamyshin City Court's records, in April 2024, Sumanakov was fined 33,000 rubles under the same article on discrediting the army – also for a "class" on Odnoklassniki.

Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code was introduced on March 4, 2022, after the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine. This article of the Russian Criminal Code contradicts the Constitution of Russia, as well as the basic principles of law, stated the Memorial Human Rights Center*. "The wording of the article does not allow us to determine in advance which statements are lawful and which are prohibited. A citizen cannot know in advance which statements or information may be considered false in this context," the human rights activists emphasized.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421467