The court first dismissed the case on social media posts after the easing of articles on extremism
. Verkh-Isetsky court of Yekaterinburg dismissed the case under the criminal code of the head of the neo-pagan enterprises, "Bury Ezh Slaven" Vladimir Manuilenko (pseudonym of Vladimir Serga), said Last news his lawyer, member of the international human rights group Agora, Alexei Bashmakov.

. Verkh-Isetsky court of Yekaterinburg dismissed the case under the criminal code of the head of the neo-pagan enterprises, "Bury Ezh Slaven" Vladimir Manuilenko (pseudonym of Vladimir Serga), said Last news his lawyer, member of the international human rights group Agora, Alexei Bashmakov.
on Wednesday, Russian courts 1st this year working day, and in the case of 57-year-old neoyazychniki, Manuilenko - first, terminated after changes in the publication of extremism. Before this has been closed a number of such cases, but on the stage of the investigation.
the reason for the proceedings became two posts in the "Vkontakte" from September 2016. The investigation considered that the man consciously " arousing strong dislike or hatred against a group of persons, allocated on the basis of nationality ".
He Manuilenko, According to the lawyer, said that is engaged in the revival of Slavic traditions and his work has no political or religious nature.
"I am not politically-religious figure. I voluntarily person took on their own shoulders the responsibility to conduct irecno ritual services. I attract no one, citizens do turn to me, " the lawyer quoted the words of his client.
Bashmakov agree that in the posts, Manuilenko "there's a certain sharpness," but no calls in them, in the opinion of counsel, is not traced.
Twenty 7 December, Vladimir Putin signed a law on mitigation of 282-th article of the Criminal code according to which prosecute on extremism. In addition to the criminal code, amendments are proposed to the rule on administrative offences.
Now it will be impossible to prosecute under the criminal code against people for the first time in conflict with the law. However, their act could not present " a serious danger to the constitutional order and security of the country."
Criminal liability will occur only if the violation occurred more than once in one year.
according to the Prosecutor General, 75% of criminal cases on extremism in Russia give birth in different publications on the Internet. A great public outcry around this topic arose After a large number of messages where only the beginning of 2018, opened hundreds of criminal cases in this composition. The Supreme court tried to persuade to be more attentive to this category of offences.
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