A Moscow court sentenced to 10 days in prison a student who renamed his wifi network
“Slava Ukraine”
, the rallying cry of Kiev's forces, the Russian news agency Ria-Novosti reported on Saturday.
By changing the pre-installed name of his wifi router to
“Slava Ukraine!”,
this student from Moscow State University
“propagandas the slogan of Ukrainian nationalists”,
assured the court in its decision cited by
Ria- News
.
He was found guilty of
“public demonstration of Nazi symbolism (...) or symbols of extremist organizations”
and his wifi router was confiscated, this source specifies.
A police officer had previously reported this network with a name deemed problematic, according to the case file consulted by
Ria-Novosti
.
Since the large-scale attack on kyiv at the end of February 2022, the Russian authorities have repressed any public criticism of the Kremlin offensive or support for the Ukrainian forces with thousands of fines and heavy prison sentences.