Son of ex-senator arrested for Instagram link
Matvienko's godson received a seven-day arrest for mentioning Instagram. Smolny Court in St. Petersburg sentenced blogger Vladislav Tulyanov to seven days of administrative arrest under the article on propaganda of banned symbols.
Consensus
- Vladislav Tюльпанov was sentenced to seven days of administrative arrest
- The arrest was related to a link to Instagram in a Telegram post
- The court ruled the link amounted to propaganda of a banned organization
- Tюльпанov admitted guilt in court
- Tюльпанov is the son of former Saint Petersburg senator Vadim Tülpánov
- Tюльпанov is the godson of Valentina Matvienko
- Instagram is banned in Russia and considered an extremist organization
Points of divergence
- The link was described as a call to action to join his Instagram page, and the post included a call to 'transition and subscribe' — vm
- The trigger was the Instagram logo in the Telegram post, not a direct link — tg_severrealii
- The post contained a reference to a 'banned social network' and the arrest was based on the demonstration of extremist symbolism — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Tюльпанov has over three million followers on Instagram — vm
- Tюльпанov referred to himself as 'the youngest and most famous politician in Russia' — tg_severrealii
- Tюльпанov attempted to join United Russia through the Chechen branch after being denied in Saint Petersburg — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Tюльпанov's father was a senator from Saint Petersburg — vm
- Tюльпанov's father was the former chairman of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly — tg_severrealii
Coverage (7 sources)
- «The youngest and most well-known politician of Russia», Matvienko's godson arrested for seven days for an Instagram link... — ASTRA
- Matvienko's godson arrested for seven days for posting on Instagram — Meduza
- In St. Petersburg, court arrested Matvienko's godson for seven days for urging people to subscribe to his Instagram page — ЭХО / Новости
- Son of former senator Tulyanov arrested for a week for reference to Instagram* — Вечерняя Москва
- Matvienko's godson received 7 days of arrest for mentioning Instagram — Север.Реалии
- Matvienko's godson received 7 days of arrest for mentioning Instagram — Радио Свобода
- Valentina Matviyenko's godson arrested for seven days due to Instagram reference — SOTAvision
Key entities
- Vladislav Tulyanov
- Matvienko
- Saint Petersburg
- Tulyanova
- St. Petersburg
- Smolny District Court
- Russia
- Smolny Court
- Telegram channel
- Baza
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