The Leninsky District Court of Astrakhan fined local resident Dilmar Usmanov 30,000 rubles on June 26 under the administrative article on “discrediting” the army. Mediazona drew attention to the case after reviewing the published court ruling.
According to the document, the punishment was based on critical remarks about the military that Usmanov allegedly made in the hallway of the regional narcology clinic. The ruling does not quote his words directly or specify which exact statements were deemed unlawful.
The published decision says only that the remarks were made in the presence of police officers. It provides no further details about the content of the statement or the circumstances of the conversation.
According to Mediazona, Usmanov was most likely taken to the clinic after police drew up other administrative reports against him. Those involved allegations of petty hooliganism and resisting police.
The outlet found that he had been detained on June 15 in connection with those accusations and was later sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest. A separate protocol on “discrediting” the Russian army was later based on what he allegedly said at the medical facility.