A courtroom in Russia's Urals area sentenced a person to a few years in jail for insulting a boy sporting a pro-war hat, regional prosecutors stated Monday.
In keeping with the Sverdlovsk Regional Prosecutor's Workplace, the Oktyabrsky District Courtroom in Yekaterinburg discovered Alexander Neustroev responsible of “hooliganism dedicated by the specter of violence motivated by hatred in opposition to a social group.”
Neustroev was arrested in April 2023 after telling an 11-year-old boy sporting a hat with the militarist Z image, “Put your hat up your ass, fool.” After the arrest, legislation enforcement launched a video wherein Neustroyev apologized.
Neustroyev was initially fined as a part of a court-ordered settlement in lieu of a felony conviction on prices of “hooliganism.” Nonetheless, upon the response of struggle supporters in Russia, prosecutors introduced that they’d open a brand new case in opposition to Neustroyev.
“Throughout the brand new evaluate, the courtroom rejected the investigator's request to terminate the felony case and impose a effective and returned the felony case to the top of the investigative physique,” the Sverdlovsk Regional Prosecutor's Workplace stated in an announcement on Monday.
The 11-year-old, whose father reportedly fought in Moscow's struggle in opposition to Ukraine, was given an award by native authorities final yr and provided to speak to different schoolchildren concerning the goals of the full-scale invasion.
