The Basmanny District Court of Moscow began to consider in absentia a criminal case on the dissemination of military “fakes” (clause “e” of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) against 30-year-old Maria Kartasheva Mediazona found out. The first meeting took place on August 22, the next one is scheduled for September 22. Criminal case against a Russian woman, living in Canada, started because of a post in her Telegram channel for 479 people. According to the investigation, on April 3, 2022, Kartasheva decided to write a post “out of hostility towards the President of the Russian Federation.” She spoke about the killings of civilians in Bucha and published photographs. “Kartasheva is a person leading active protest activities in Canada directed against the interests of the Russian Federation,” a representative of the prosecutor’s office insisted in court. “In connection with this, her activities arouse increased interest among an indefinite circle of people, and the personal beliefs expressed are perceived as reliable.” Kartasheva told Mediazona that she doesn’t know exactly who paid attention to her small telegram channel about life in Canada. At the same time, she does not rule out that one of the employees of the Russian embassy could have pointed out the channel, where “everyone knew” her even after observing the elections.
Article Conversations with diplomats and a post about Bucha. A Russian woman is being tried in absentia in Moscow for convincing embassy staff in Ottawa to oppose the war.
