Police from Russia raided the home of several editors of the online student magazine DOXA. He has been accused of abetting minors for illegal activities. Under this, he can be sentenced to three years.
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Russian police on Wednesday raided the Moscow-based apartments of several editors of the online student magazine ‘DOXA’. The magazine gained popularity by reporting on the 2019 Moscow demonstrations and advocating for the rights of students. DOXA said in a statement on its website that police officers raided the homes of four of our magazine’s editors, the apartments of the parents of two editors, and the offices of the magazine.
According to the DOXA statement, the four editors Armen Aramyan, Natalya Tishkevich, Vladimir Metelkin and Alla Gutnikova were taken to Russia’s ‘Investigative Committee’ after the raid. According to the statement, all of them are accused of inciting minors to take part in illegal activities, for this criminal act they can be punished up to a maximum of three years.
The matter related to the demonstration in January
At the same time, the magazine says that this action is linked to a video aired on the magazine before the demonstration in January in support of the leader of the opposition Alexei Navalny in jailed Russia. The two-week protest in support of Navalny is the largest mass movement in Russia in recent years and also a major challenge for the Kremlin (the office of the Russian President).
The video talked about how much pressure is put on the students of schools and universities before the demonstrations, even the fear of being fired from the institute. Russia’s media and Internet monitoring agency Roskomnadzor asked DOXA to delete the video a few days after the video was disseminated. The institution had alleged that the contents of the said video are inciting minors to take part in illegal activities.
Magazine did delete the video
The magazine admittedly deleted the video, but the four editors Armen Aramyan, Natalya Tishkevich, Vladimir Metelkin and Alla Gutnikova filed a lawsuit against it. DOXA said on Wednesday that the video did not mention any involvement in any illegal activity.
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