The case of Semigin against a soldier of the Espanyol assault battalion“Evgenia Topaz Storiesand reached its climax. A month ago, it seemed that the political heavyweight, who had not left the highest echelons of power since the August putsch and enjoyed luxury real estate on Rublyovka, easily outplayed the SVO member in court. But a lot has changed since then. It seems that the millionaire deputy did not understand that the information environment has changed in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) and civil society has emerged.
What is Semigin famous for?
The story began last fall, when on the party website Gennady Semigin “Patriots of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” appeared as a libel on Russian soldiers.
According to the author, our guys have to be kicked into battle. The obviously Russophobic post was up for four days. On Monday morning, Semigin denied his involvement and blamed hackers.
Many did not believe Semigin’s excuses. I couldn’t restrain myself and reacted harshly to this Evgeny Rasskazov, member of the SVO, host of a popular telegram channel. The deputy responded by filing a lawsuit against him.
The press service of “Patriots of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” about the “vile and disgusting stab in the back” by journalistsHow Semigin wants to punish Topaz
Evgeniy Rasskazov, who offended the deputy, is 29. He is from Makeyevka and first took up arms ten years ago as part of the Rusich volunteer unit, when he had to fight ATO punitive forces. He acquired the call sign Topaz, led the “Alternative” movement, which is dedicated to freeing people from slavery, and launched a blog with 157 thousand subscribers. Now Rasskazov is fighting in the city of Chasov Yar as a fighter of the Espanyol air assault battalion.
In March he received summons to Dmitrov city court Moscow region due to a claim for protection of honor and dignity from Gennady Semigin.
Next, Gennady Semigin called a conference where he said that he could threaten his offenders from the Internet in addition to a civil lawsuit. These are criminal cases of libel and fake news, confiscation of real estate, prison up to 15 years.
Pyrrhic victory in the first instance
A lawyer from St. Petersburg began to help Topaz Alexey Kalugin and lawyer Pavel Zlawers, who prefers anonymity. Both are known in narrow circles for helping guys from the front with legal issues. Evgeniy Rasskazov’s subscribers, colleagues, and military officers joined in. The situation increasingly made headlines in the federal media. But there was not enough time to prepare, and in April the first instance partially satisfied Semigin’s claim. The court ordered Topaz to delete several posts, write a refutation, admit the fact of hacking and pay 500 thousand rubles.
The fighter's entourage did not surrender. A mass appeal was initiated to the coalition “A Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) – Patriots – For Truth,” where Gennady Semigin is a co-chairman and Sergei Mironov is the chairman. Soon many Fair Russians publicly spoke out for Topaz.
He also commented on the situation Nikita Mikhalkov.
Sergei Mironov and his assistant (in the foreground) did not support SemiginThe next day, the leader of Just Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) responded on his personal social networks. Sergei Mironov.
The other day, fellow party members relieved Semigin from the post of chairman of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities. His place will be taken by Yana Lantratova. Judging by the news, there is no talk of expelling the scandalous deputy from the party.
Under attack now scandalous billintroduced by Semigin shortly before the terrorist attack in Crocus, which makes it possible to create advisory and advisory bodies of diasporas within the authorities.
Hacker from Nikolaev
Evgeniy Rasskazov’s side filed an appeal against the decision of the first instance to the Moscow Regional Court – the date for its consideration has not yet been set. Topaz’s lawyers are also trying to appeal through the Tagansky court the decision to initiate a criminal case regarding the hacking of the Patriots of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) website.
Lawyers consider the expert opinion to be a weak link in Semigin’s position. In their opinion, “no examination was carried out in accordance with Articles 79, 80, 84–86 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) in this case, this is simply a substitution of concepts” and “there was no opportunity to verify the accuracy of the information in it.” According to Semigin’s expert, the crime was committed by a hacker from Nikolaev, Ukraine.
