The Prosecutor General’s Office approved the indictment of the media manager Dyer in the case of fakes

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia approved the indictment in the criminal case of fakes about the Russian army against the media manager and former CEO “Yandex.Lavki” by Ilya Dyer. About it reported in the department.

He was charged under paragraph “d” part 2 of Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public distribution based on political hatred of false information containing data about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation). The criminal case was sent to the Basmanny District Court of Moscow.

According to investigators, in April 2022, the Dyer spread deliberately false information on social networks about the actions of the Russian army in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. In addition, the Dyer, in an interview on the Shepelin YouTube channel, announced the alleged destruction of civilian infrastructure and the population of Ukraine. The Prosecutor General’s Office notes that this was also deliberately false information, since the Russian Defense Ministry strikes only at military facilities and locations of enemy military units and does not allow crimes.

In July 2022, Dyer was put on the international wanted list. In March 2023, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the media manager in absentia. “The investigating authorities have taken exhaustive measures to search for and extradite him. However, there is no real possibility of participation of the Dyer in the criminal case,” the Prosecutor General’s Office specified.