In St. Petersburg, the son of ex-speaker ZakS was arrested for linking to the social network

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Vladislav Tyulpanov for seven days, the joint press service of the city courts reported.

The report says that Tulipov was brought for an offense under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code (“Propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, propaganda or public demonstration of which is prohibited by federal laws”)

According to the court, on November 12, police officers found his page in the open access in the Telegram messenger. The description included a link to a social media account owned by a company banned in Russia. It was also named his main social network, the press service noted.

“This information contains a call for the transition and subscription to the account of a social network owned by a company whose activities are prohibited by the court on the territory of the Russian Federation”, – stated in the message.

The link was not removed after the judicial act entered into legal force, the court noted. Vladislav fully admitted guilt.

Vladislav Tulipanov is the son of the former Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg (ZakS) and Senator Vadim Tulipanov, follows from his official biography. In 2022, he joined the first composition of the Youth Parliament under ZakS.

In March 2022, the Tverskoy court of Moscow recognized extremist and banned the activities in Russia of the company Meta, which owns social networks Instagram and Facebook. In June of the same year, the decision came into force after the appeal was rejected. Since September 2025, advertising on the resources of organizations recognized as extremist is also prohibited in Russia.