The court recognized the refusal of a student of the South Yakutsk Technological College in the city of Neryungri to sing the Russian anthem as her legal right and did not recognize her actions as "discrediting the Russian army." The portal "7×7 – Horizontal Russia" drew attention to this.
The protocol for the third-year student of the direction "law enforcement" Bogdana Dubnitskaya was drawn up because of her refusal to participate in the lines on Mondays and perform the Russian anthem on them, the police suspected her of "discrediting" the army. The girl herself claims that she is Ukrainian, so she is not going to learn the anthem of the Russian Federation for political reasons. Dubnitskaya also declared to the police that she supported the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke out against the war in Ukraine and against the recognition of the “LDNR” by Russia. She did not publicly express her opinion in college.
“The fact that Dubnitskaya B.A. expressed a desire not to participate in the holding of the line in an educational institution and to sing the anthem of the Russian Federation, cannot be a basis for bringing a person to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, since the objective data of intent to discredit the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in the actions of Dubnitskaya B.A. is not seen, ”the judge’s ruling says .
Earlier, local police accused college student Bogdana Dubnitskaya of "discrediting" the army for refusing to sing the national anthem at lineups on Mondays. At the end of December 2022, the court considered the protocol against Dubnitskaya, in April the media drew attention to this case.
In April 2022, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov announced that from September 1, all Russian schools will play the Russian anthem and raise the Russian flag at the beginning of the week. Some schools in the regions decided not to wait for the start of the new school year and rushed to implement the innovation right away. In June, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin allocated almost 1 billion rubles to ensure that each school was provided with a flag.