St. Petersburg man fined for drone attack video
A man in Saint Petersburg was fined 4,000 rubles for publishing a video showing the aftermath of a drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in Shushary and the Utkina Zavod' industrial zone, marking the first such case in the city. The video was posted on July 24, 2025, and included the comment: 'In general, translation is not needed.'
Consensus
- A man named Shahzodbek Tursonbaev was fined 4,000 rubles in Saint Petersburg for publishing a video of the aftermath of a drone attack.
- The video was posted on July 24, 1925.
- The publication violated a ban on sharing images and videos of drone attack consequences in Saint Petersburg.
- This was the first such case in the city.
- The ban was introduced in January 2025.
- The video showed damage to a Wildberries warehouse in Shushary and an industrial zone in Utkina Zavod' (Novosaratovka).
- The man's comment on the post was: 'In general, and in total, translation is not needed.'
- The fine was imposed by a district court in Saint Petersburg.
- The ban applies to personal and public social media pages, messengers, and news comments.
- Similar restrictions exist in other Russian regions, including Moscow, Leningrad Oblast, and others.
Points of divergence
- The video showed attacks on Wildberries warehouses and was immediately picked up by pro-Ukrainian channels. — tg_rian_ru
- The video was published by the man himself, and it was reported that this was the first fine after the ban was introduced in January 2024. — meduza
- The video was published in a Ukrainian Telegram channel called Supernova+, where the man (presumably Tursonbaev) is shown demonstrating the aftermath. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- On October 24, 2025 (not 2024), a girl from Kaluga Oblast was questioned by authorities and her parents were reported for failing to fulfill parental duties after she posted footage of air defense operations. — vm
- The attack targeted the 'Utkina Zavod' industrial area in Novosaratovka, and the video was posted on July 24. — tg_severrealii
- The post was published at 13:05 on July 24. — tvrain
Coverage (11 sources)
- Do not publish — you will be punished. What happens for publishing the consequences of drone attacks — Фонтанка
- Court in St. Petersburg fined man for video showing consequences of drone attack — Вечерняя Москва
- Court in St. Petersburg first imposed fine for publishing video of drone attack consequences. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- In St. Petersburg, fines for publishing videos of drone attack consequences were imposed for the first time — Meduza
- Resident of St. Petersburg fined for first time for publishing drone attack aftermath — Север.Реалии
- In St. Petersburg, a resident was fined for the first time for video footage of drone attack consequences — SOTAvision
- In St. Petersburg, fines for videos showing drone attack consequences were imposed for the first time — Интерфакс
- In St. Petersburg, fines for videos after drone attack imposed for the first time — Дождь
- In St. Petersburg, fines for publishing photos with drone attack consequences were imposed for the first time, reports court press service... — Varlamov News
- In St. Petersburg, fines for publishing videos of drone attack aftermath were imposed for the first time — Дождь (Telegram)
- In St. Petersburg, fines for publishing drone attack consequences were imposed for the first time — Фонтанка