4 June Nikolai Platoshkin was detained in his own apartment, officially considered the leader of the newly formed political movement "For a New Socialism". As it became known later, a criminal case was initiated against him under two articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At the moment, the Basmanny Court of Moscow has chosen Platoshkin as a preventive measure in the form of detention under house arrest for a period of two months (to 2 August 2020 of the year). The incident caused a mixed reaction among politicians, and in Russian society.
It is not clear, Who is it to consider who is on trial: in some sources he is called a communist, and in some - a socialist. This is due to the fact, that the head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the Moscow Humanitarian University, Nikolai Platoshkin, until recently really demonstrated his affiliation with the Communist Party. Anyway, regularly took part in her events. Furthermore, in September 2019 year, it was from this political force that Platoshkin participated in the additional elections of deputies to the State Duma in the Komsomolsk single-mandate constituency number 70 in the Khabarovsk Territory. true, he lost the elections to the representative of the Liberal Democratic Party Ivan Pilyaev, but it doesn't change the matter,
On the other hand, in their speeches, sounded, usually, in his video blog on the Telegram channel or on YouTube, Platoshkin sometimes quite sharply criticized the position of the Communist Party and its leader Gennady Zyuganov. According to some experts, it was one of these critical statements that became the reason for both the detention, and criminal case, within which Platooshkin is charged with actions, falling under h. 1.1 Article. 212 and Art. 207.1 Criminal Code. Respectively, “Inducement or involvement in mass riots” and “public dissemination of knowingly false information about the circumstances, posing a threat to the life and safety of citizens ".
Speech about published by Platoshkin 24 May an open letter to the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. A. Zyuganov. It calls for the dissolution of the Russian government and the "creation of a government of popular confidence", early elections, disruption of voting on amendments to the country's Constitution, as well as statements about "a threatening crisis that has struck Russia" may well be interpreted as appeals and incitement mentioned in the Criminal Code. And the ironic announcement of the so-called coronavirus epidemic, if desired, can be equated to false information, life-threatening.
But, Interestingly, Gennady Zyuganov has already come out with strong support for his former ally, calling his arrest "a slide towards the police" and "the persecution by the authorities of representatives of the left forces". What's equally interesting, ardent disapproval of what is happening was expressed by those representatives of the opposition Russian politicians, for which Platoshkin, Zyuganov and others like them are perfect antipodes. For example, Evgeny Roizman, it is difficult to suspect in communist or socialist ideas, He stated, that Platoshkin is "persecuted for political reasons". true, did not fail at the same time quite sarcastically to notice, that for the arrested "the USSR came", in which he "himself invites his followers". However, in this situation, likely, there is a manifestation of the desire to scold the authorities for any reason and to show solidarity with each of its opponents, regardless of their political platform.
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Need to say, that what is happening does not resemble full-fledged "political repressions", if only because, that the Russian authorities would hardly see a real threat for themselves in a policy of this level. rather, it looks like a desire to make the speakers, having a specific audience, choose expressions and tone more carefully, including in the Internet space. But on the eve of the vote on amendments to the Constitution, this may have the opposite effect..
Anyway, but the true motives and purposes of the prosecution will become clear in the course of the forthcoming trial. So far, only one thing can be stated with certainty.: hype, raised in the media around the detention and the initiated criminal case, pretty much added fame and popularity to Nikolai Platoshkin.
From the statement of Konstantin Rykov (published in the Facebook feed of Nikolai Platoshkin):
Nikolay Platoshkin became the flagship of the fight against amendments to the Constitution. we (…) he was warned in their streams, that soon they will "come" for him. Here we come. Most likely he will receive a classic "conditional two-piece" and will not be able to participate in the elections to the State Duma-21.
Alexander Haraluzhny
