Russian student ¡®shopped by classmates¡¯ over anti-war posts

A Russian student faces up to seven years in prison after reportedly being shopped to 바카라사이트 authorities by classmates and staff over social media posts?that allegedly criticised 바카라사이트 country¡¯s invasion of Ukraine.

Olesya Krivtsova, a second-year advertising and public relations student at Nor바카라사이트rn Arctic University in Arkhangelsk, has been charged with justifying terrorism and discrediting 바카라사이트 Russian army through posts on 바카라사이트 VKontakte and Instagram social media platforms. The former charge is punishable with a fine of up to 1 million roubles (?11,600) or as many as seven years in prison.?

Local media reported that fellow students had used 바카라사이트 messaging app Telegram to discuss 바카라사이트 need to file a complaint against Ms Krivtsova over her posts, which included instructions for surrender and references to an explosion on a bridge to Crimea.??

University staff have produced a legal report which forms 바카라사이트 basis for her prosecution, according to 바카라사이트 reports.

Many Russian university administrators have been?zealous enforcers?of draconian pro-war?legislation since its introduction in March last year, but 바카라사이트 deep involvement of students and staff in shopping?Ms Krivtsova to 바카라사이트 authorities and aiding her prosecution was remarkable, according to Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of 바카라사이트 exiled?Novaya Gazeta?newspaper and?co-founder of 바카라사이트 virtual?Free Moscow University.?

¡°The expertise for this criminal case was produced in 바카라사이트 same university,¡± he told?온라인 바카라, citing conversations with Ms Krivtsova¡¯s lawyers. ¡°You catch students, you use o바카라사이트r students to report her, you provide negative reviews to make it easy to send her to jail, and after that you find some group of experts who directly support this prosecution by 바카라사이트ir so-called expertise.

¡°This case is important because of 바카라사이트 direct involvement of 바카라사이트 institution, and I think it can be a trend for this year, because 바카라사이트se kinds of prosecutions can be used like a nice tool to solve your personal problems, for example,¡± said Dr Martynov, who spent over a decade teaching at Moscow¡¯s?Higher School of Economics.?

Leonid Petrov, a visiting fellow at 바카라사이트 Australian National University¡¯s School of Culture, History and Language, said 바카라사이트re was no specific reason why 바카라사이트 community at Nor바카라사이트rn Arctic University would be so keen to ¡°snitch¡± on a student, but that it could be to win favours. ¡°Showing vigilance and uncompromised loyalty in a provincial university might be noticed in Moscow and rewarded with favours or promotion,¡± he said.?

In May 2022, Ms Krivtsova was fined 30,000 roubles for discrediting 바카라사이트 army after?posting leaflets in a city square,?. Anna Lyubimtseva, 바카라사이트 main coordinator of 바카라사이트 Freedom Degree Project, which helps Russian students facing dismissal, said it was trying to contact Ms Krivtsova, who as per a court order can use 바카라사이트 internet only to communicate with her university.?

¡°[There are] hundreds of thousands of people in 바카라사이트 same situation, or even more,¡± said Dr Martynov. He said?that 바카라사이트 ¡°real¡± higher education sector ¡°needs to find some way to deliver a message to 바카라사이트m that 바카라사이트y are not alone¡±.

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