[offlist] Russian free software activist arrested for extremist materials posted from his Tor exit node

Razer g2s at riseup.net
Mon Apr 10 18:55:28 PDT 2017



On 04/10/2017 02:24 PM, Anton Nesterov wrote:
> Dmitry Bogatov aka KAction, Russian free software activist and
> mathematics teacher at Moscow’s Finance and Law University, arrested in
> Russia and charged with extremism.
>
> Here is news report about his arrest
> https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/04/10/mathematics-teacher-accused-of-inciting-mass-riots-now-also-accused-of-supporting-terrorism-and-once-again-detained
>
> From his Tor exit node user with nickname Airat Basharov posted some
> messages on sysadmins.ru website. Russian investigators alleged that
> this messages contains a call to mass riots and terrorism. Messages were
> posted from different IPs in different countries (probably another exit
> nodes), and only one was posted from Bogatov's IP. After Bogatov's
> arrest, Airat Basharov continue to post messages.
>
> Here is his Tor exit node, last seen 2017-04-05 20:00:00
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/2402CD5A0D848D1DCA61EB708CC1FBD4364AB8AE
>
> Another report about Bogatov
> https://meduza.io/feature/2017/04/10/kak-arestovali-matematika-dmitriya-bogatova-i-v-chem-imenno-ego-obvinyayut
> (in Russian)
>
> #FreeBogatov
>

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>
> "The court ruled to sustain the investigator’s request and remand
> Bogatov in custody for two months," Judge Yevgeny Naidyonov said.
>
> Bogatov pled not guilty.
>
> "I am innocent. On the day mentioned in the charges I was in a fitness
> club together with my wife. After that I went shopping," Bogatov said,
> adding he was ready to cooperate.
>
> The Investigative Committee says Bogatov on March 29 posted calls in
> the Internet for extremist action in the center of Moscow. His home
> was searched and computers and information transmission electronic
> devices confiscated.
>
>
> More: http://tass.com/society/940522

In 1971 I walked into the middle of a Herowhine bust in the hallway of a
Delancey St tenement I lived at. A month later, after seeing a different
judge every week ... after leaving too early for breakfast, a gruelling
ride on a prison bus to 100 Centre st. holding (The Tombs) and being fed
a cheeze sammich with something like mayonnaise on it for lunch before
my ride back to Riker's too late for dinner, for a month , a one of the
FOUR DIFFERENT JUDGES I saw in that time period finally figured out the
cops were never going to show for arraignment and cut me loose with a
bus token. My place to live was gone., My job I had been coming home
from... gone. My GF didn't know where the fuck I had gone and it was a
good thing I still had the release papers.

What I'm saying here is "I'm empathic", but shit happens. We'll see how
it goes from here.

Keep us informed.

Rr




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