Blogger “KraSava” was accused of discrediting the army

Fine up to 50 thousand rubles. under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army (20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) threatens Evgeny Savin, an ex-football player and author of the KraSava YouTube channel. As transmits InterfaxOn January 23, the protocol against Mr. Savin was registered in court.

On April 18, a video called “Yarmolenko is war. Why Football Players in Russia Are Silent”, dedicated to the impact of Ukrainian events on football. After the film was published, Yevgeny Savin started having problems: the administration of the Zorkiy stadium in Krasnogorsk terminated the contract with his KraSava football club, he was also not included in the tournament bracket for the next season of FNL-2. In May 2022, the team moved to Cyprus.

In August, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reviewed appeal Deputy Roman Tereshkov (United Russia), who asked the department to give a legal assessment of the words of the blogger. “Regarding the public statements of the football blogger and Ukrainian propagandist Yevgeny Savin. “KraSava” slandered 2 articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,” the parliamentarian wrote then in his Telegram.

Andrey Sapozhnikov