The Rossosh District Court in Voronezh region arrested serviceman Alexander Lunin for 11 days under an administrative article on displaying extremist or Nazi symbols, Verstka noted.
A report of the arrest appeared on June 27 in a Telegram channel linked to Lunin, but it did not specify what exactly served as the basis for the case. Information appeared on the court’s website only on the morning of June 29, two days after the arrest.
The court refused to disclose details to Verstka, saying that “such cases are not subject to disclosure.” The maximum penalty under this article is 15 days of arrest.
Alexander Lunin is a serviceman who actively published appeals to Vladimir Putin on social media. In one of them, he threatened a military mutiny if he was not allowed to meet the Russian president live on air and tell “the whole truth about what is now happening in our country.”
In just one day, the appeal drew more than 10 million views. Three days later, reports appeared of a search at Lunin’s home. He was then detained and placed under administrative arrest.
The Kremlin said it had not yet reviewed the appeal, but that it contained “rather strange formulations.”
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