The Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow has arrested Ilya Vasilyev, the founder of the “Civic School of Hackers” and a programmer. He is accused of spreading fake news about the army (Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). This information was reported to RBC by his lawyer, Oskar Cherdzhiev.
The arrest was prompted by Vasilyev’s posts on Facebook (the owner of Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), where he wrote about the Russian Armed Forces’ strikes on Ukrainian territory.
The lawyer stated that law enforcement found these posts on equipment seized from Vasilyev a year ago when his smartphone was confiscated during a search of his apartment.
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