Russian actress Kristina Asmus, recognized in 2010 as the “sexiest woman in Russia”, was summoned to the administrative court for “discrediting” the armed forces, TASS reports.
She is accused of posting on Instagram, a platform banned in Russia in March at the same time Meta was declared an extremist organization, of a “negative attitude” to the “special forces operation” launched in late February by President Vladimir Putin.
“The Tver District Court of Moscow received an administrative case regarding Christina Asmus. The court session is scheduled for September 6 at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time,” said court spokesperson Ksenia Rozina.
It stated that Asmus is accused of violating Part 1 of Art. 20.3.3 of the Code on Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation aimed at discrediting the armed forces. According to the court’s decision, the artist faces an administrative fine of up to 50,000 rubles.
“Asmus is accused of posting a text post on Instagram aimed at negative attitude towards the conduct of the special operation,” the court explained. The offensive post is dated February 24, the first day of the Russian invasion.
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“Fear and pain. Please stop all this. No war!!!!!,” she wrote next to the image on an all-black background.
Khrystyna Asmus, “the sexiest woman in Russia” in 2010
In 2010, the 34-year-old girl was named “The Sexiest Woman in Russia” by the famous men’s magazine Maxim.
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In early March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law drafted by Moscow’s parliament shortly after the invasion of Ukraine that criminalizes spreading “false information” about the country’s armed forces.
At the end of March, another law expanded the scope of the already adopted legislation to criminalize the dissemination of information that the authorities consider to be false about any Russian state institution that also operates abroad.
However, the legislation also allows for an administrative fine, a measure that analysts say gives authorities a loophole to apply less severe penalties to public figures deemed too popular to be jailed.
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