Sevastopol police explain responsibility for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

CrimeaPRESS reports:

Police officers continue to identify and document offenses related to the public discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces involved in a special military operation in Ukraine.

The antisocial orientation of the offender’s personality, the desire to oppose himself to others, the state of intoxication and other influencing factors can induce the commission of this illegal act. However, regardless of the motive for the act, the person guilty of unlawful actions will face liability provided for by current legislation.,” noted the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Sevastopol.

Thus, for public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in order to protect the interests of our state and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security, administrative punishment is imposed under Art. 20.3.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Responsibility under this article is also provided for violators who publicly discredit the execution by state bodies of the Russian Federation of their powers outside the territory of our country for the specified purposes, as well as for publicly discrediting the provision of assistance by volunteer formations, organizations or individuals in the performance of tasks assigned to the Russian Army or the National Army. Guards of the Russian Federation. The sanction of the article provides for the imposition of a fine on guilty citizens in the amount of thirty to fifty thousand rubles, and in the presence of certain aggravating circumstances — a fine from fifty to one hundred thousand rubles,” the police clarified.

IMPORTANT: publicity as an element of the objective side of the offense can be expressed in posting defamatory texts on the Internet, shouting anti-state slogans in crowded places, etc.

If the indicated illegal actions are committed by the offender after he has been brought to administrative responsibility for a similar act within one year, then criminal prosecution is already provided for this under Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federationnoted the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If you witness the above illegal actions, please report this to the nearest territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia by calling 102.

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