As Interfax reports with reference to the data of the department, a 58-year-old man held a single picket, showing the public a poster with content discrediting the army.

The offender was detained and a protocol was drawn up in accordance with Part 1 of Art.

20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia.

As a result of the consideration of the case, the court imposed a fine of 30 thousand rubles on the man.

On March 4, the Federation Council approved a law on criminal punishment and large fines for fakes about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces and their discrediting.

Earlier, the Pushkinsky District Court of St. Petersburg imposed an administrative fine of 35,000 rubles on a resident of the city for the corresponding violation.