A native of the Kherson region was fined for discrediting the army in Temryuk.

A court in Krasnodar Krai fined Alexander Stepanyuk for discrediting the military for his remark about being "deprived of his home."

The administrative case of Alexander Stepanyuk, a driver at the Yunost Cultural Center, accused of discrediting the Russian army, was heard by the Temryuk District Court. Mediazona* drew attention to the ruling, published on the court's website on March 19.

According to the publication, the man received a Russian passport in 2023 and was born in the Berislav district of the Kherson region, which was under the control of Russian troops from March to November 2022.

The reason for the protocol was the man's words spoken in the building of the Central District Hospital of the Temryuk district. According to the ruling, a drug addiction specialist told Stepanyuk that he would only pass a medical examination if he visited a psychiatrist and drug addiction specialist in Krasnodar or provided the reports of these specialists from the Kherson region.

The man reacted negatively to "this red tape" and began publicly "speaking out regarding the policies of Russia and Ukraine," the court found. He was accused of uttering the phrase "people like you deprived me of my home," "in the presence of people and third parties," the document states.

Stepanyuk agreed to the protocol, and the court fined him 30,000 rubles.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that Kamyshin resident Gayritin Sumanakov received a second fine under the article on discrediting Russian military personnel for a like on Odnoklassniki.

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