The plot of the St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traberon the basis of which a criminal case of slander was instituted (part 5 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – slander, connected with the charge of a person of a grave or a particularly serious crime) came out August 24, 2017 On the channel rain.
The Police of St. Petersburg opened a criminal case in November 2017 at the request of Traber himself.
During 2018, journalists, including Roman Badanin, Nikolai Kovalkova, Maria Zholobova And producer Daria Zhuk, Called for interrogations.
Advocate Vitaly Cherkasov The defendance was unsuccessfully appealed, since the rain TV channel is located in Moscow, and for some reason the case was investigated by the St. Petersburg police at the place of residence of Traber.
But the main thing is that until January 14, 2021, part 5 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code belonged to the category of small severity. The statute of limitations for criminal liability for it is 2 (two) years. In December, changes were amended, a punishment appeared in the form of imprisonment for up to 5 years. She immediately went into the category of moderate severity.
However, the previous edition is still applied to the events of 2017.
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