Russia. Student sentenced to prison. That’s what he called his WI-FI

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unacceptable not only in the European Union and NATO. Many Russians manifest their opposition in various ways, which are later punished by the authorities. According to reports, one of them was a student of Moscow State University who named his WI-FI network “Slava Ukraini”, which means “Glory to Ukraine”. It is a battle cry that has become one of the symbols of the country’s fight against Russian aggression.

Russia. Student sentenced for WI-FI name. He referred to Ukraine

The Russian was arrested on the morning of Wednesday, March 6, after a police officer reported the name of the WI-FI network to the authorities. The services searched the student’s room and found his computer and router, which were then confiscated. On Thursday, a Moscow court found that the man had used the Internet to promote the slogan and found him guilty of “public demonstration of Nazi symbols or symbols of extremist organizations.” Vladimir Putin uses this kind of nomenclature to justify his invasion. As a result of the court’s decision, the student was sentenced to 10 days in prison.

Severe penalties for content that is inconvenient for Vladimir Putin. The provisions covered over 20,000 people

The student in question is not the only one in the long list of Russians who have been punished for their comments or actions about the war in Ukraine. According to BBC reports, hundreds of people were detained last month for laying flowers in memory of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison. It said that last year Russia’s repressive laws aimed at “cracking down on anti-war activists” affected more than 21,000 people. The human rights group said the trials were used to hand down prison sentences and heavy fines to “silence critics at the slightest objection.” An example of this is amateur radio broadcaster Vladimir Rumyantsev, who is serving three years in prison for quoting materials from banned bloggers.