On 10 December, a magistrate in Kamensk-Uralsky will hear the first administrative case under Article 13.53 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences, which concerns searching for extremist materials online.

Lawyer Sergey Barsukov stated that he and his client visited the local police department today, where officers, in their presence, amended the previously drafted report. This was reported by “Ostorozhno, Novosti.”

The updated attachment claims that on 24 September, while riding a bus, Sergey typed “Azov brigade”* into Google on his iPhone and viewed the image results. According to the police, he “deliberately searched for knowingly extremist materials,” namely the insignia of the “Azov”* battalion featuring the word “AZOV,” the “Wolfsangel,” the “Black Sun,” and other related symbols. The document notes that this imagery was declared extremist by a court in Vladimir in 2015 and is listed by the Ministry of Justice as prohibited.

The revised report no longer mentions the “RDK”*. Previously, the lawyer stated that the original document suggested Sergey had encountered materials about both “Azov” and the “RDK.” Barsukov stressed that his client merely glanced at openly available images without accessing any websites belonging to these organizations:
“They changed the very content of the report… He just glanced at images… And now he is considered guilty. An extremist.”

* These organizations are banned and designated as extremist in the Russian Federation.

Source: “ZPCh” — https://t.me/zapravarf