A resident of Volgograd has been detained for fakes about the army.
The reason for the detention was the publications on the personal page in the social network. The resident of Volgograd faces up to five years in prison.
According to the investigation, from January 2023 to April 2025, the resident of Volgograd made posts about the actions of the Russian army on his social media page, as well as in a personal online blog on a specialized platform. It is reported that false information was disseminated systematically and presented as truth.
The resident of Volgograd is suspected of publicly disseminating knowingly false information about the use of the army. The article provides for up to five years in prison, reports the Investigative Committee of the Volgograd region on its "VKontakte" page.
The criminal actions of the resident of Volgograd were stopped by law enforcement, with employees of the Investigative Committee dispatched for the detention with operational support from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB of the Volgograd region. Now investigators are conducting a comprehensive operational activity aimed at collecting evidence for the criminal case. The investigation is petitioning the court for his detention during the investigation.
It should be noted that after the drone attack on the night of July 31, a new wave of detentions began in Volgograd. Local residents who spread photos and videos of the consequences of the Ukrainian drones' strikes came under the scrutiny of law enforcement. In particular, law enforcement detained two girls and one young man in Volgograd who published photos and videos of the fire at the Wildberries warehouse, and those detained under record apologized.
"Caucasian Knot" also reported that as a result of the UAV attack on the night of July 30 to 31, a multi-apartment building and a private property in Volgograd were damaged. Fires were recorded at an industrial enterprise of the fuel and energy complex. During the debris removal after the drone attack at the site of a residential building in the Krasnoarmeysky district of Volgograd, a woman's body was found. Eight injured individuals were hospitalized. The company Wildberries confirmed the attack on its warehouse in Volgograd.