Teacher Fined for Online Insult in Colleague's Chat
A teacher from Magdagachi, Amur Region, was fined 7,500 rubles by a district court for publicly insulting a colleague in a teacher group chat by sharing her phone number with an offensive term and her photo. The court ruled the chat a public space and rejected the teacher's claim of accidental message sending.
Consensus
- The teacher from Magdagachi, Amur Oblast, was fined 7,500 Russian rubles.
- The offense occurred in a group chat for teachers.
- The teacher sent a message containing the colleague's phone number and a derogatory term.
- The teacher did not admit guilt in court.
- The court ruled the group chat was a public space.
- The court classified the act as public insult via internet.
- The message included the colleague's photograph, which was later deleted.
Points of divergence
- The teacher claimed he sent the message by mistake due to poor eyesight and accidentally obtained the phone number in a café. — vm
- The victim stated the teacher knew her number because he had previously called her. — vm
- The court found the defendant's explanation unconvincing. — vm
- A lawyer warned that similar actions could lead to fines from 30,000 to 100,000 rubles for petty hooliganism or criminal liability with up to one million rubles and two years in prison for spreading false information. — vm
- The incident occurred in June 2026. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Teacher from Magdagachi fined for public insult of colleague in messenger — Вечерняя Москва
- Court fined teacher from Primorye for insulting colleague in work chat — Вести