Ilya Yashin, a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district of Moscow, was charged with a criminal case under the article on “fakes” about the Russian army (207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was announced on Facebook by his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov.
Prokhorov added that the investigator had just called him, and a search had begun in Yashin's house.
On June 28, the Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow arrested Yashin for 15 days under the article on "disobedience to the police." Yashin himself stated that the report on him was compiled by police sniper Alexei Mitrofankin, who claims that Yashin "grabbed him by the uniform, dirtyly insulted him and pushed him away with his hands." On the evening of June 27, Yashin was detained in a park in Khamovniki, journalist Irina Babloyan reported .
On May 25, Ilya Yashin was fined 30,000 rubles under the article on “discrediting the Russian army” for publishing a 1969 photograph of protests against the Vietnam War. He posted the photo on his Telegram channel on April 7. “'Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity'. 50 years have passed, but the slogans are still relevant, ”the politician signed the photo. The subpoena in this casecame to Yashin on May 11. In total, four protocols were drawn up against him under the article on “discrediting” the army. On May 13, Yashingot acquainted with the materials of the case in court.