The Yaya District Court in Russia’s Kemerovo region fined a resident of Yaya district, identified as Alexander Shch., 10,000 roubles under Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences, concerning incitement to hatred or hostility and the humiliation of human dignity. The departmental Telegram channel Kuzbass Without Extremism reported the case on November 5.
Police said the case stemmed from a social media comment that allegedly encouraged negative attitudes towards a political party. Neither the comment’s full text nor the court ruling was available in the reviewed sources, so the man’s precise words and the court’s reasoning could not be established.