The Ministry of Internal Affairs put on the wanted list the deported blogger Nekoglay

Blogger Nekoglai (real name Nikolai Lebedev) has been put on the wanted list, follows from the database of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. On February 9, the head of the Safe Internet League, Yekaterina Mizulina, announced that a criminal defamation case had been opened against the blogger.

On November 8, 2022, Nikolai Lebedev posted a video on TikTok in which he tried to imitate the actions of a Russian soldier throwing grenades. Director of the Safe Internet League applied to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check this video. In her opinion, the blogger’s actions were aimed at discrediting the Russian army (Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

November 9 Nikolai Lebedev was detained, and later convicted, but not for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but for violating the rules of entry into Russia. November 11 agency “RIA News” posted a video of Nekoglay’s apology, in which he stated that he felt like an “animal” and called the video a “big mistake”. On November 24, the blogger was deported to Moldova, of which he is a citizen. After that, Nikolai Lebedev said that in Moscow he was beaten and forcibly shaved his head. He also said that he was ready to raise money for military drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

February 9 Ekaterina Mizulina informedthat the Ministry of Internal Affairs initiated Nekoglay under the article on libel (128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) “in connection with the spread of outright lies and slander about my activities and the work of the Safe Internet League, as well as the subsequent death threats against me.” Nikolai Lebedev, in turn, told Kommersant that he appealed to the ICR and the prosecutor’s office with a demand to deal with the beating of him by the police prior to his deportation.

More details – in the material “Blogger Nekoglai made a new stream”.

Erdni Kagaltynov