russia has opened a case against prima donna Alla Pugacheva and her husband Maxim Galkin for their remarks on the war in Ukraine
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russian authorities have opened a case against Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin for spreading "military fakes" and "discrediting" the army; the results of the investigation are not yet known.
The Interior Ministry was checking singer Alla Pugacheva and her artist husband Maxim Galkin on articles about military "fakes" and "discrediting" the army. This is written by rossSMI, reports UNN.
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Russian journalists have gotten their hands on an information note to the closed report of the of the Investigative Committee on the Pugacheva case.
According to this document, in 2022, the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow checked the singer Alla Pugacheva under articles on "fakes" (part 1 of Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and "discrediting" the army (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Rossmedia is claiming that the materials of the prima donna's inspection were received by the main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Department of the Investigative Committee of the IC on December 2, 2022. It is not known what posts or statements of the singer were in question. it is not known, it is only noted that she posted on the Internet "knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".
The Investigative Committee conducted its own review and returned the materials to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on January 30, 2023. Then, on March 12, 2023, the report on this audit was transferred to the Investigative Committee. The further fate of these materials is unknown.
The documents available to journalists say, that a check on the article on "fakes" was conducted by the Interior Ministry and in relation Pugacheva's husband. Maxim Galkin.
The comedian-artist was charged with publishing a video in which he spread "knowingly false information" that the Russian army had "sent live rockets into a house in Odessa, where people died. shells into a human-populated house in Odessa, causing deaths." Galkin also, according to the IC brief, criticized the actions of the Russian government and armed forces. Journalists claim that the materials of Galkin's inspection on August 3, 2022, were returned to the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. on August 3, 2022, were returned to the Main Directorate of the Russian Interior Ministry in Moscow. Was any decision made on them, as in the Pugachova case. as in the Pugachova case, Russian journalists do not know.
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In September 2022, RIA Novosti, citing a source in the law enforcement agencies wrotethat Pugacheva was asked to check for discrediting the Russian army. It was reported that a statement was received by the Zvenigorod police, written by a Russian citizen, but it was not specified whether a check was initiated.
The case against Galkin was reported in July 2022 by Russian MP Roman Khudyakov. He wrote that the comedian could be arrested in Turkey and extradited to Russia. Officially, this information was not confirmed.
