The pensioner from Stavropol was fined for talking about the special military operation.

The Mineralnye Vody city court fined 78-year-old Liliya Stepanets 30,000 rubles, considering her statements about the special military operation in the settlement center of Mineralnye Vody as discrediting the military.

On August 11, around four o'clock in the afternoon, Liliya Stepanets was paying utility bills at the Settlement Information Center in Mineralnye Vody. There, she started a conversation with another visitor.

According to the cashier, the pensioner asked: "Why is this special military operation happening, we are already living poorly," and then stated: "Participants of the special military operation are murderers.". She then spoke about Bandera, claiming that Bandera is not a fascist, not a Nazi, but a nationalist who loves his people, as stated in the ruling of the Mineralnye Vody city court.

The cashier joined the conversation. She said that her husband is participating in the special military operation and asked if Stepanets considers him a murderer too. "Yes, he is also a murderer," - the pensioner replied, according to the employee. The latter emphasized that Stepanets' statements were offensive to her.

The Mineralnye Vody city court found her guilty of discrediting the army and imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles. The sanctions of the article provide for the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of thirty thousand to fifty thousand rubles.

In court, Liliya Stepanets did not admit her guilt, stating that she did not say the words attributed to her.

According to the case card for administrative offenses on the court's website, the case was submitted for consideration on September 18. The verdict was issued at the very first hearing on October 8.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the court in Stavropol imposed a fine under the article on discrediting the army on local resident Elena Pyoshl, who was trying to find her husband missing in the combat zone.