Czech Man Gets Fine and 13 Days’ Custody for Anti-War Protest on Red Square
The court said Michal Plamenek discredited the Russian military and resisted arrest, and also fined him 60,000 rubles.
- A Moscow court sentenced Czech citizen Michal Plamenek to 13 days in jail on Tuesday for staging a protest on Red Square against Russia's war in Ukraine.
- Plamenek held an English-language sign discrediting the Russian Armed Forces near Lenin's Mausoleum on Sunday, violating censorship laws enacted soon after Russia's 2022 Ukraine invasion.
- The judge found him guilty of three administrative counts, imposing fines of 40,000 rubles and 20,000 rubles for violations including protest rules and disobeying police.
- Police arrested Plamenek after he resisted orders to leave Red Square, which adjoins the Kremlin where President Vladimir Putin resides and protests are banned.
- Censorship laws continue to suppress dissent as authorities label independent news outlets as "undesirable" or "foreign agent" organizations for allegedly discrediting the decisions of the Russian leadership.
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A Moscow court said that Michal Plaminek was holding a placard with a message in English that defamed the Russian armed forces. The post Russia: Czech citizen's anti-war protest in Moscow's Red Square – His sentence appeared first on in.gr.
Czech man gets fine and 13 days' custody for anti-war protest on Red Square
A Moscow court has sentenced a Czech citizen to 13 days in prison for organizing a protest near Lenin's Mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square, Russian state agencies reported on Tuesday.
The Tversky District Court of Moscow arrested for 13 days a Czech citizen, Mikhail Plamenek, for disobedience to the police after picketing Mavsoley Lenin. "The Tver District Court of Moscow, on 22 September 2026, dealt with administrative offences against a citizen of the Czech Republic, Plamenek Mikhail," reported to the Moscow Press Service, handed over TASS. The Court found the man guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and fined 40…
The Tver Court of Moscow ordered the citizen of the Czech Republic, Mikhail Plamenek, to be held for 13 days in administrative detention and two fines totalling 60,000 roubles for administrative offences reported to the Press Service of Mosgorsud.
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