A 24-year-old police officer in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fifth-largest city by population, has lost his job after apparently refusing to vet several users of Vkontakte, Russia’s largest social network, who allegedly posted anti-war messages deemed “extremist “. ” by the Kremlin, reports the independent Russian publication Meduza.

Although the police did not provide many details in the case, journalists from the independent Russian publication Meduza were able to combine the official information with what they received from their sources and the television station.

Russia’s Interior Ministry announced Friday that a police officer in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fifth-most populous city, was fired in June for “serious violations of professional discipline” following an internal review.

According to official information, we are talking about a 24-year-old Nizhny Novgorod lieutenant from the “fight against extremism”, whom the Astra News TV channel named Kirill Belousov.

Who reported on the young policeman

It is reported that the investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs found that the young lieutenant “was not diligent enough in fighting against the “extremist” posts on VKontakte, and also refused to register complaints about publications on social networks about “false and discrediting” information about the Russian army.

A source told news station Astra that the fired police officer sent identical messages to several people who tried to report anti-war content online.

“Your report is incorrect. In this regard, I consider it inappropriate to analyze it,” Lt. Kyrylo Belousov allegedly wrote to people who reported about “extremist” posts.

At least one of those people has filed a police report against the lieutenant, and according to Astra, the whistleblower is also now being investigated.

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