In Sumy region, the pro -Russian pensioner appointed to read "Kobzar"

The man quarreled with his neighbors and annoyed them, telling the propaganda narratives. The court has charged more than UAH 6,000 from the accused for examination of his statements. The resident of the village of Lipova Valley in Sumy region was found guilty of justifying the war of Russia against Ukraine. The accused, according to the sentence of the Lipovodolinsky District Court, appointed a conventional term and made an obligation to read the "Kobzar" Taras Shevchenko.

The court found that the local pensioner, being a pro -Russian person, supported the aggressive policy of the Russian Federation and accused the Ukrainian authorities of solving the war, and during his personal communication tried to persuade other people to his position. For example, in April, the accused stated that Russian troops "would soon liberate the territory of Sumy region from the Nazis and nationalists.

" Other witnesses he stated that the Russians were allegedly trying to liberate Ukraine from theft and oligarchs. He also believed that Ukraine was not able to exist as an independent state, without Russia and praised its President Vladimir Putin. Forensic and linguistic examination acknowledged that the statements of the accused contain the glorification of the Kremlin's head and justify armed aggression against Ukraine, a pensioner entered into an agreement with the prosecutor.

The parties agreed to a conventional period. In court, the accused stated that he had a pro -Ukrainian position, but he voiced pro -Russian theses to his neighbors and fellow countrymen, because, he said, conflicts with them. The court found the man guilty of committing a criminal offense under Part 1 p.

436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and imposed a sentence in the form of imprisonment for a term of 2 years, but released from serving a prescribed basic sentence in the form of imprisonment with a test with a probationary period of 3 years. At the same time, for the formation of "more stable pro -Ukrainian views and beliefs," the court put on a pensioner the obligation to familiarize himself with the collection of poetry TG. Shevchenko Kobzar.

The control for this was put on the probation body. Also, 6058 UAH was recovered from the man for conducting judicial linguistic (semantic-textual) examination. It should be reminded that in December 2023 in Sumy region up to 12 years imprisonment was condemned by a blogger with a million audience Yuriy Podolyak, who spread information containing justification of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.