A resident of the Aleshki district was convicted for calls to extremism in the messenger

The Prosecutor’s office of Skadovsky district of Kherson region supported the state prosecution in a criminal case against a 55-year-old man. The Aleshkinsky District Court found him guilty under Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - public calls for extremist activities committed using the Internet. The crime was identified and investigated by officers of the FSB of Russia in the Kherson region.

The state prosecutor presented evidence to the court that the convict, living in the Aleshkin district, in September 2025, in order to encourage an indefinite circle of persons to extremist activities, repeatedly posted text messages in one of the messengers with calls for violent actions against a group of persons. These messages were freely available to an indefinite circle of people until they were detected by law enforcement officers.

The court, taking into account the opinion of the prosecutor, found the man guilty and sentenced him to 3 years in prison with serving in a colony-settlement. In addition, it is prohibited to engage in activities related to the dissemination of information and administration of sites using electronic and information and communication networks, including the Internet and messengers, for a period of 2 years.