15-year-old Arseny Turbin, a lyceum scholar from the Oryol area, was tried by a army courtroom in Moscow. He was discovered responsible of becoming a member of the Freedom of Russia legion. In line with statements by Ukrainian officers, this army unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is shaped from Russian prisoners of battle and volunteers.
This story started again in August final yr. In line with the Federal Safety Service, the scholar printed leaflets with textual content about Vladimir Putin and positioned them in mailboxes for a number of days, allegedly as a member of a Ukrainian armed formation.
On November 20 final yr, that’s, lengthy earlier than the trial, Arseny Turbin was added to the Russian Checklist of Terrorists and Extremists. At the moment he was 14 years outdated. He grew to become the youngest individual on this listing.
Within the case supplies, which have been obtainable to human rights activists in Might of this yr, there have been no particular indications of {the teenager}’s intention to “arrive on the territory of Ukraine,” to help the Legion, and much more so to commit “sabotage at army and railway services.”
The investigation has at its disposal correspondence between Arseny and an alleged consultant of Freedom of Russia. Within the correspondence, {the teenager} mentioned that he was able to put up leaflets and combat Putin’s propaganda. Nevertheless, as they are saying on the Memorial human rights middle, there isn’t any hint of the finished questionnaire being despatched to the legion. The investigation signifies that Arseny allegedly did this ultimately unknown to the investigation. However there isn’t any proof of this within the case.
Relating to the leaflets, it was discovered that the textual content contained a damaging evaluation of the character and actions of Vladimir Putin. Nevertheless, writes Memorial, a damaging evaluation doesn’t represent any crime, and indicators of terrorism within the textual content of the leaflet “Do you want such a president?” are lacking.”
Arseny didn’t admit guilt and acknowledged that he didn’t be part of the legion, didn’t obtain any directions from anybody, and distributed leaflets primarily based on his personal political opinions.
The legion itself claims that youngsters aren’t recruited. Human rights activists consider that {the teenager} may have corresponded with a provocateur from the Russian particular providers.
The unbiased human rights mission “Assist for Political Prisoners. Memorial” believes that the legal case towards minor Arseniy Turbin is politically motivated and geared toward intimidating society as an entire. Memorial acknowledged Arseniy Turbin as a political prisoner and demanded his rapid launch and termination of legal prosecution.
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2024-06-21 20:32:13