Based on the principled position of the prosecutors of the regional prosecutor’s office, the Lviv Court of Appeal left the verdict of the court of first instance unchanged. The decision of the latter found a citizen of Ukraine guilty of violation of the equality of citizens depending on their nationality, religious beliefs and justification, recognition as legitimate, denial of armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants (part 1 of article 161, part 2, 3 of article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
She was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Prosecutors proved in court that over the past year, the convicted woman, using her own account on the banned Odnoklassniki social network, posted materials in which she justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The woman also spread information where she supported the president and the military of the Russian Federation.
In addition, the person involved posted posts to incite religious enmity and hatred. In particular, she distributed the following text: “Remember, Ukrainian Jews, Donbass will never conquer you!”.
In the distributed content, the woman called Ukrainians fascists, Khokhlas, which incited national enmity and hatred.
Department of Information Policy
Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office