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| A court in St Petersburg has sentenced a man to two years in a penal colony for insulting high-ranking Russian officials on social media. | A court in St Petersburg has sentenced a man to two years in a penal colony for insulting high-ranking Russian officials on social media. |
| Vladimir Timoshenko, 43, was found guilty of writing a post on the popular Russian social network Vkontakte that “contained text of humiliating and insulting nature towards high-placed officials”, the court said in a statement on Monday. | Vladimir Timoshenko, 43, was found guilty of writing a post on the popular Russian social network Vkontakte that “contained text of humiliating and insulting nature towards high-placed officials”, the court said in a statement on Monday. |
| Timoshenko wrote the post in 2015 while serving a six-year prison sentence, the statement added, without giving details of his previous conviction. | Timoshenko wrote the post in 2015 while serving a six-year prison sentence, the statement added, without giving details of his previous conviction. |
| In the post, which has since been removed from Vkontakte, Timoshenko called on Russians to rise up against an “unpopular regime”. | In the post, which has since been removed from Vkontakte, Timoshenko called on Russians to rise up against an “unpopular regime”. |
| Prison terms for social media posts are not uncommon in Russia. In December 2016, an internet user was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for publishing an online article criticising Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria. | Prison terms for social media posts are not uncommon in Russia. In December 2016, an internet user was sentenced to two years in a penal colony for publishing an online article criticising Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria. |
| In May 2016, a Russian engineer was given two years and three months in a detention camp for sharing pro-Ukrainian articles on social media. | In May 2016, a Russian engineer was given two years and three months in a detention camp for sharing pro-Ukrainian articles on social media. |
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