Russian police have launched proceedings against a Muscovite, accused of having discredited the Russian army because his hair is dyed blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine, a Russian NGO reported.
Stanislav Netessov went to a police station in central Moscow on April 28 after being attacked the day before, beaten and robbed of his phone, explains the organization OVD-info, which specializes in monitoring the repression of voices critical of the Kremlin. , and which was contacted by the interested party.
“Believing that Netesov’s hairstyle symbolizes Ukraine and discredits the Russian army, the police drew up a report against him”explains OVD-Info, which indicates that the accused now risks a fine because of his yellow, blue and green hair.
“In addition, law enforcement officers took the young man’s fingerprints. They also told Netesov that they would make him “embrace his native land in the trenches” and gave him a summons to the enlistment center military”continues the organization.
Since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has engaged in a merciless crackdown on Kremlin critics, particularly those, anonymous or famous, who denounce this war.
Among the recent cases, a Moscow pediatrician, Nadejda Bouianova, was placed in pre-trial detention on April 25, the authorities accusing her of having violated a judicial control which had been imposed on her since February and her indictment for having discredited the ‘army.
She was prosecuted because the 67-year-old doctor allegedly told the widow of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine and her child during a medical consultation that the late father was “a legitimate target.”
At the time, Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the very powerful Russian Investigative Committee, the body responsible for the most important criminal investigations, had personally called for criminal proceedings against the doctor who now faces up to five years in prison. prison.
