Sergey Krivonos is working at a church shop in one of the shopping centres in Voronezh, Russia.
In June 2023, local resident Marina Sokolova reported him for allegedly “campaigning against the SVO, saying that our army should not kill there and that our soldiers should quickly leave the territory of Ukraine.” Another local resident, Raisa Grigorieva, reported that Krivonos wished that “all your soldiers would be killed as soon as possible.” Police Lieutenant Ivanenko S.S. drew a protocol up against Krivonos based on Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation (Discrediting the Russian army). Krivonos rejected this as slander.
On 14 July 2023, the Comintern Court of Voronezh (Judge V.V. Borodinov) decided that Krivonos indeed ‘discredited’ the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to Art. 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, he was fined 30,000 Russian rubles.
Krivonos attempted to challenge the court ruling, but the Voronezh Regional Court upheld the decision.
