Mukhin, a defender of the city's protection facilities detained… (апостолевский · депутат · сутки)
Mukhin, a defender of the city's protection facilities detained yesterday in St. Petersburg, and Apostolevskiy, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast, were each arrested for ten days due to publishing links to Instagram and Facebook. The Smolny District Court of St. Petersburg has assigned ten days of arrest...
Consensus
- Ivan Apostolevsky, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast from the CPRF, was arrested by the Smolny District Court in Saint Petersburg.
- The arrest was for publishing hyperlinks to Facebook pages on his personal social media account.
- The court sentenced him to 10 days of administrative detention.
- The links were posted in May 2018 and not removed after Meta was designated an extremist organization in March 2022.
- Apostolevsky did not admit guilt.
Points of divergence
- The same court also arrested the urban conservationist Muhin for publishing links on Instagram and Facebook, with both individuals receiving a 10-day arrest sentence. — tg_astrapress
- Apostolevsky had previously been arrested in July 2025 by the Sosnovoborsk Court of Leningrad Oblast for a similar offense and sentenced to 7 days of detention. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Arrested in St. Petersburg yesterday, environmental defender Mukhin and Leningrad Oblast Regional Duma deputy Apostolevsky were detained for 1... — ASTRA
- Leningrad Oblast Deputy Arrested for 10 Days for Extremism Propaganda — Вести