Former serviceman Alexander Lunin, who demanded a meeting with Putin, was convi...

Former serviceman Alexander Lunin, who demanded a meeting with Putin, was convicted in a case involving the promotion of extremist symbols

The Rossoshansky District Court of Russia’s Voronezh region handed down punishment to military blogger Alexander Lunin in a case over displaying extremist or Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), according to information posted on the court’s website, Verstka found.

The case reached the court on Saturday, June 27, at 10:00, and the hearing took place at 11:30. At the same time, the case data was published on the court’s website only two days later, on Monday morning.

The ruling in Lunin’s case has not been published on the site. The court refused to disclose it to Verstka, saying that “such cases are not subject to disclosure”. Punishment under the article on promoting extremist symbols carries arrest for up to 15 days.

Lunin’s Telegram channel had earlier reported that the blogger had been “detained” (apparently meaning arrested) for 11 days. The reason and circumstances of the arrest were not specified.

🟦On June 25, Lunin published an appeal to Vladimir Putin in which he demanded a personal live meeting with the president. In the video, he complained about abuse of servicemen by commanders and also threatened a mutiny.

🟦On June 27, Lunin’s wife Tatyana said on TikTok that their house in the village of Lizinovka had been searched overnight. According to her, Lunin himself had left for Moscow the day before and had not been in contact. Soon afterward, she deleted the video and wrote on social media that “Sasha is alive and well,” but had asked her not to post any information. Shortly afterward, information about his detention appeared on Lunin’s Telegram channel.

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